Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferrara Candy Company, 1550 Mervin Griffin Road, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
A maintenance employee was working on a take-up roller when he fell to the floor and sustained a compound fracture to the left fibula and two broken fingers on the left hand.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Floor, unspecified
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