Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 8001 Bavaria Road, TWINSBURG, OHIO 44087
on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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