MELVILLE, LOUISIANA—
ATT
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ATT, 126 Harvard St., MELVILLE, LOUISIANA 71353 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a generator with a grinder, cutting off the end of the exhaust pipe, when the grinder flew back and hit the right side of his face. He sustained a cut.
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