DENVER, COLORADO—
SHAW CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SHAW CONSTRUCTION, LLC, 9400 E Iliff Ave. Apt. 125, DENVER, COLORADO 80231 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
A stack of drywall sections on a construction site fell over. Five or six sheets fell onto an employee's right leg causing injury.
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