CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Flooring Resources Corporation
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Flooring Resources Corporation, 350 N. Orleans, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60654 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On November 10, 2017, an employee was installing carpet when he attempted to move an A-frame cart with 33 large sheets of hardboard. The cart then tilted and fell on him, fracturing his right leg.
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