Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc., 22 East Dudley Town Road, BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06002
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a vehicle line when he began feeling dizzy and fell to the floor, sustaining a head laceration.
HospitalizedHead, unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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