Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Display & Fixture, LLC, 251 Gillum Dr., DALTON, GEORGIA 30721
on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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