MASSENA, NEW YORK—
Alcoa Inc.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Alcoa Inc., Park Avenue East, MASSENA, NEW YORK 13662 on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was walking next to the location where a carbon anode got stuck on the end of a conveyor. The anode dislodged and fell onto the passing employee's right foot fracturing it.
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