Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gooseneck Implement, 800 31st Avenue SW, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA 58701
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was guiding a 1500-pound weight that was being carried by a forklift to the wheel on a tractor. The weight slipped off and fell on the employee's left lower leg, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Parts and materials, n.e.c.
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An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
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An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.
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