Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Marshalls of MA, Inc., 221 Central Park Avenue, HARTSDALE, NEW YORK 10530
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was using a dolly to move boxes. They were pushing a dolly containing two boxes of tissue paper out of the elevator doors when a wooden board fixture fell on top of them. They sustained a concussion and muscle pain.
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