CLAYTON, ALABAMA—
Powergrid Services, LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Powergrid Services, LLC, Intersection Hwy 49 and Hwy 51, CLAYTON, ALABAMA 36016 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping to unload a concrete pole from a pole trailer when it fell onto the employee's leg, breaking it.
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