Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Construction, LLC, 1201 South Roman Street, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70125
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift truck when he extended himself out of the right side of the forklift cab and inadvertently activated the boom-down lever. The boom came down and struck him, fracturing three ribs and his rib cage.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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