Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Julian A. McDermott, Corp., 1639 Stephen Street, RIDGEWOOD, NEW YORK 11385
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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