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 AC Miller Concrete Products, 9558 Route 22, BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 15717
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing steel form panels to create a box culvert. The corner panel (located on a forklift) had a loose screw that broke, causing the load to disengage and drop 6 inches. A panel fell on the employee's foot, causing an injury that required that hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedMetal plates, metal panels
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