Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SCHNABEL FOUNDATION COMPANY, 55 Banks St. , WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK 10606
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
Workers were drilling with a drill rig when a deflection pipe broke off and a stream of water hit an employee standing nearby. The employee fell backward and hit his head on a piece of equipment, fracturing his skull.
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