Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area Inc
2025-07-01 · BERLIN, WISCONSIN
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a lawn mower on a slope when he slipped and his left foot went under the mower deck and contacted the blade. The employee sustained an amputation of the first toe.
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