Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Two Men and a Truck, 520 W 67th St, LOVELAND, COLORADO 80538
on — Stroke, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
The injured employee and a co-worker had just finished packing up items in a house and were transferring them to a new location when the injured employee felt chest pains as he was driving the moving truck. The employee had a stroke.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSBodily conditions of injured, ill worker
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