Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Northeast Prestressed Products, LLC., 135 Gordan Nagle Trail, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17901
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping to rig a spanner beam to a form so the gantry crane could lift it. One side of the beam was unshackled. The crane operator reeled in the crane, and the un-shackled side of the spanner beam became dislodged from the form's lifting lug. The beam then flipped off the form and fell on the nearby employee's foot and ankle, breaking them.
HospitalizedFoot (feet) and ankle(s)Beams-unattached metal
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