Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Charter Communications, LLC, 1444 Cottonwood Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43229
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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