Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified · Stroke
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gage Bros. Concrete Products, Inc., 4630 North Sycamore, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 57104
on — Stroke, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was conducting touch-up work on precast concrete on a worksite and suffered a stroke.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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