MOORE, OKLAHOMA—
Special Metals Inc.
Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Special Metals Inc., 2009 S. Broadway, MOORE, OKLAHOMA 73160 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple back regions.
Final narrative
An employee was making deliveries from a flatbed trailer. As he was climbing down the attached ladder, a weld broke and he fell backward onto the hard surface of the lot, lacerating his head and left ear and fracturing his spine. He was hospitalized overnight.
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