Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc., 711 ETC Drive, MAZOMANIE, WISCONSIN 53560
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a 700- to 800-pound rigging hoist, which was on a four-wheel cart, out of a test fixture. The cart caught the side of the fixture and the hoist slid off it onto the employee's steel-toed boot. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the foot, as well as a knee contusion. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.
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