Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, 1501 31ST AVENUE NORTH, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35201
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee's abdomen got caught between a cement hopper and a stationary object at the West Lining building. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersNonclassifiable
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