Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fives Giddings & Lewis, 142 Doty St., FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN 54935
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a cart with a spindle on top of it when the cart wheel hit a bump and the cart tipped over. The spindle fell on the employee's foot, flattening the employee's steel toe and breaking a foot bone. The employee required surgery and overnight hospitalization.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedParts and materials, unspecified
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