Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNFI, 3001 Apollo Drive, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61822
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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