TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA—
Exxon
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Exxon, 1410 Garden St., TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA 32796 on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee was getting ready to perform an oil change and was struck on the head by an object or the employee struck his head on an object resulting in a concussion.
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