MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT—
Radio Frequency Systems, Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Radio Frequency Systems, Inc., 200 Pondview Drive, MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT 06450 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to move an extrusion head weighing several hundred pounds off a work table to a transfer cart when the extrusion head fell onto his leg, breaking it.
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