MARIBEL, WISCONSIN—
Tanksco, Inc.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Surface and flesh wounds unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was sandblasting paint from a water tower when the blasting media sprayed across their forearm, resulting in an elbow injury that required hospitalization.
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