Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Izzio Artisian Bakery, 185 S 104th St, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO 80027
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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