Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Siemens Industry, Inc., 2700 Esters Blvd Suite 200B, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS 75261
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a plasma cutter to cut metal when he stepped into the truck area of the cutter, breaking his left leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedMetal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
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