Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aldi Inc., 1102 Whitehorse Pike, STRATFORD, NEW JERSEY 08084
on — Fractures, affecting the lower extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
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