New T430s has exposed circuit board

Thought I would start a new topic after mentioning it in a thread about loose arrow keys...
I can see the inside of my T430s from a gap at the back of the keyboard. I can actually see green circuitboard exposed there if I shine a flashlight through the crack above the F7 key. There is some printing on the board that says "R186".
The only thing I've attempted to open on this laptop is the RAM compartment, so its not from tinkering. This is how my T430s was built.
A couple photos:
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Link to image 2
At least in my case, the Thinkpad claim to spill resistance seems to be defeated. I've owned more than a few laptops (and used more at work) and never, ever noticed an exposed circuitboard before.
Wondering who else has this and what I should do...
Edit: The camera couldn't be placed any farther back to show the full width of the gap, since a piece of black fabric is just below the visible circuitboard... the camera only picks up blackness from that angle but my eyes can see what is basically a 2.5-3mm rectangular gap between the top keyboard bezel and the rim of the notebook body. In total, the gap runs from about the right edge of the F5 key to the left edge of the F10 key; Various things are exposed but the circuitboard part is only about the width of a key.
Moderator comment: Once again, image(s) >50KB (or totaling >50KB) converted to link(s) to conform to the Community Rules.

First, when you opened the memory cover, you were working in the area that holds the keyboard in place. There was one more screw involved and it is right where you were working, inside the memory cover. The keyboard goes in last during assembly, right before they close up the memory cover. When installing the keyboard you slide the front lip under the bezel and push it forward to get enough room to be able to get the tabs at the back of the heyboard enough room so that they can get bu the other edge of the bezel. Then, you gently pull/push the keyboard back to center it in the space. Either your bezel is defective or that last step didn't get done correctly. (My description probably makes more sense if you have done it a hundred times.) If it were mine, I would take off the memory cover, remove the keyboard mounting screw and slide the keyboard into place. If my description makes no sense, you could call service.

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