Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pepperidge Farm, Inc., 3320 St. Rt. 103 E, WILLARD, OHIO 44890
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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