Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alstom, 1501 Lebanon Church Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15236
on — Fractures , affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
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