Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JR Cruz Corp, NYC DEP Bergen Basin Project , SOUTH OZONE PARK, NEW YORK 11420
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
Employees were loading I-beams onto a flatbed truck with an excavator. The last beam of the load was just set and secured in place when the crew removed the rigging from the I-beam. The excavator then turned away from the truck. A piece of the rigging was unintentionally caught on a piece of the I-beam, causing the beam to slide off the truck. The I-beam hit an employee's arm and leg.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Beams-unattached metal
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