Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RENEW COMPUTER, INC., 5060 Avalon Ridge Pkwy, Suite 1200, PEACHTREE CORNERS, GEORGIA 30071
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a server rack from a truck when the rack fell over onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee was hospitalized.
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