Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Monte Vista Cooperative, Mc Cullah Farms, MONTE VISTA, COLORADO 81144
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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