Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cooperative Producers Inc., 1113 W J Street, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA 68901
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forehead.
Final narrative
An employee was setting a trailer onto a hitch when he climbed underneath the tongue to try and position it. The tongue slipped off the ball and struck him in the head. He was hospitalized with forehead lacerations.
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