HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI—
Puckett Machinery Company
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Puckett Machinery Company, 58 Cold Creek Lane, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI 39402 on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was loading a single-man aerial lift when the lift fell back and struck him, fracturing his skull and lacerating his face and ear. He also suffered a possible leg fracture.
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VANCLEAVE, MISSISSIPPI—
Puckett Machinery Company
An employee was conducting repair work on a dozer. They had to remove the tracks to make the repair and were preparing to put them back together when two track pads buckled and pinched the employee's left thumb. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.
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