Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oak Farms Dairy, 3114 S. Haskell Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS 75223
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was pumping raw milk from a tanker truck into a silo when he noticed a connection was leaking. He stood in front of the pipe to tighten the clamp when the pipe separated from the clamp, striking him in the lower abdomen. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
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