Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Energy Air, Inc., 5401 Energy Air Ct, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32810
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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