Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Department of Veteran Affairs, 179-00 Linden Blvd, JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11425
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple leg locations, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing the ribbon on a linen press when his shirt became caught in the press machine. He twisted his body and fell to the floor, fracturing his femur and leg.
HospitalizedMultiple leg locations, unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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