Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Schellhorn Enterprises LLC, 995 West Line Street, CALHOUN, GEORGIA 30701
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was tightening a plastic banding strap around a wooden box crate when they were pulled against the box crate, resulting in abdominal injuries.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersNonclassifiable
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