Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at XPO Logistics, Inc., 315 Woodall Road, DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a steel plate from a trailer at the dock when the steel plate fell from the forklift forks onto his right foot, breaking three bones.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedMetal plates, metal panels
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