Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pinnacle Manufacturing, LLC, 512 W Henderson Road, BOAZ, ALABAMA 35957
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
Two employees engaged in a verbal altercation. The injured employee was punched in the face and fell, hitting their head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a brain bleed and blunt force trauma to the face.
Hospitalized Brain Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker unspecified
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