Struck by other falling powered vehicle · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ENTERGY CORPORATION, 45 Belmont Drive, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72204
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing to hook a chain to a broken, wooden light pole laying on the ground. A backyard machine tipped over and the boom attachment fell onto the employee. The employee sustained a lacerated spleen, a fractured back, a crushed diaphragm, multiple broken ribs and internal bleeding.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsConstruction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
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