Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tait, 401 West Lincoln Avenue, LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA 17543
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving a piece of steel with a five-ton hoist. The metal cut the sling and the steel dropped onto the employee's foot fracturing the metatarsals.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), n.e.c.Parts and materials, unspecified
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