Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NORCOM, INC., 200 Boyds Crossing Rd, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA 30223
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was changing the trim blade on a machine when the blade dropped on the employee's right wrist causing a laceration to the wrist that severed an artery and grazed a nerve.
HospitalizedWrist(s)Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
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