Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CHS Myrtle Grove, 434 E. Ravenna Rd, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA 70037
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping attach a jib to a mobile crane by pushing on the jib. The jib was laying on the tip of the fork. The jib fell and hit the employee on the head and shoulder, and then landed on his foot, breaking three toes and two metatarsals in his left foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), n.e.c.Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
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