Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Troon Golf, LLC., 5692 W. North Loop Rd, CHANDLER, ARIZONA 85226
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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