Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Neovia Logistics Services, LLC, 3930 Cedar Creek Drive, JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60436
on — Amputations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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