WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN—
Fisher Barton Blades, Inc
Fall on same level, unspecified · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was dehydrated so he went to the cafeteria to retrieve some water and then returned to his work station which is an exhausted, electric, heat-treating oven. Later, another employee walked around the work station and saw the injured employee lying unconscious on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured C7 vertebra.
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