Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tigg Holding, LLC, 250 Bolton Sullivan Dr, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 72543
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up a 10-inch, 230-pound piece of C-channel, using a 7.5-ton overhead bridge crane. The C-channel slipped off the clamping device and fell approximately 7 feet onto the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to the right leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedBeams-unattached metal
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