Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Uptime Electric Company, Inc, Concourse E, 6000 South Terminal Blvd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30320
on — Fractures , affecting the Ears and facial region unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee contracted by another company was conducting work on the platform of the plane train when he fell off the platform, resulting in a fracture and contusion to his face.
Hospitalized Ears and facial region unspecified Stadia, pavilions, stages
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