Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BED BATH & BEYOND, 1001 W. MIDDLESEX AVE., PORT READING, NEW JERSEY 07064
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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