Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olin-Winchester - Lake City Ammunition Plant, 25201 Missouri 78, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64056
on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
While leaving work for the day, an employee fell in a paved lot and sustained a fractured right humerus.
HospitalizedUpper arm(s)Parking lot-paved
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