AYER, MASSACHUSETTS—
Catania-Spagna Corporation
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Catania-Spagna Corporation, 3 Nemco Way, AYER, MASSACHUSETTS 01432 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a shrink wrapper. The employee stepped out from behind a pallet on the shrink wrapper and was struck by a powered industrial truck causing a right leg fracture.
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