Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at John Deere , 1100 13th Avenue, EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS 61244
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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