Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fiber Materials, Inc., 5 MORIN STREET, BIDDEFORD, MAINE 04005
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
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