Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Security Services Inc., 1550 S. Indiana Ave., Suite 300, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were involved in a physical altercation when the injured employee fell and sustained a leg fracture.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedCo-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
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