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 Plaid Enterprises, Inc., 2331 Mellon Court , DECATUR, GEORGIA 30035
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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