Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs, 1670 Clairmont Avenue, DECATUR, GEORGIA 30033
on — Strains, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a muscle strain while throwing a bag of trash from a garbage cart into a compactor. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableBags, sacks
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