Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Price Chopper, 2515 Erie Blvd. East, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13224
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
Two employees were fighting when one of them stabbed himself with a sharp blade. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiablePerson-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
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