Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Thermo Fisher Scientific, 7554 Schantz Road, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18106
on — Fractures, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
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