Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Xtreme Xhibits by Skyline, Inc., 9201 Metric Blvd., AUSTIN, TEXAS 78758
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a portable hand saw to cut up a wooden pallet for the trash and lacerated the right arm.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedSaws-power not determined
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