Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Campo Sheet Metal Works, Inc., 5301 Polk St., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77023
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was helping to manually accommodate carbon sheet metal plates when a pipe fell on him, fracturing his right ankle and fibula. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAnkle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
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