Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quality Structures, Inc. , 1 Steuben Street, CORNING, NEW YORK 14830
on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the heart.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a heart attack after excavating concrete, requiring hospitalization.
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