Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Martco LLC, 1695 Hwy 490, CLIFTON, LOUISIANA 71447
on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee sustained an avulsion fracture to the right small toe when he used a pry bar (7'7" long by 1" square tubing) to apply friction on a belt against a head drum located 8' above the floor. As the pry bar was being removed from the drum, the extended end of the pry bar landed on the employee's right toe.
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