Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Stores, Inc., 2101 Blair Mill Road, WILLOW GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA 19090
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was assaulted while stocking freight in an automotive department and was hospitalized with a fractured skull.
HospitalizedSkullPerson, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
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