Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Regal City North Stadium 14, 2600 N Western Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60647
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing a projector bulb when the bulb shattered, the glass caused a facial injury that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedFace, unspecifiedBroken glass, glass chips, or fibers
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