Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodyear Tire and Rubber, 1 Goodyear Blvd., LAWTON, OKLAHOMA 73505
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
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