Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wellflex Energy Solutions, 500 Randall St., RHOME, TEXAS 76078
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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