Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CEVA Logistics, 1901 CEVA Logistics, DALLAS, TEXAS 75261
on — Nonspecified injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a computer from one desk to another and began to have shortness of breath.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSComputers and peripheral equipment, unspecified
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