Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carroll Distributing & Construction Supply, Inc., 1800 East Joe Orr Road, LYNWOOD, ILLINOIS 60411
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was delivering supplies at a construction job site. As a customer was taking rebar from the back of the employee's trailer, the rebar began falling off of the trailer. It struck the employee's right leg and landed on his ankle and foot, breaking two bones in the foot. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedBars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
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