Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC, 6200 Elliott Reeder Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76117
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing between a parked forklift and the discharge side of an automatic-ejecting baler. The baler pushed out a bale and pinned the employee's calf between the bale and the fork of the forklift, lacerating the employee's lower leg.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Bundles, bales
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