Contact with cold objects or substances · Other burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Drexel University, 3140 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19104
on — Other burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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