Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bushwick Metals LLC, 1641 New Market Ave., SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07080
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
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