Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, unspecified · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Standard Concrete Products, Inc., 6 Hatchcover Road, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31404
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was participating in concrete stress testing operations. A stress cable retention chuck slipped causing the cable end to flip and puncture the employee's right hand and abdomen.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Wire, cables-nonelectrical
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