ACTON, MONTANA—
Precision Highway Contractors, Inc.
Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Precision Highway Contractors, Inc., 7788 US HWY 3, ACTON, MONTANA 59002 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping offload a guardrail from a trailer. A damaged piece of guardrail struck the employee in the abdomen.
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