Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LSC Communications US, LLC, 801 Unoin St., DWIGHT, ILLINOIS 60420
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple face locations.
Final narrative
An LSC Communications security guard was performing security checks throughout the facility while operating a three-wheeled electric cart. The cart struck a vertical steel I-beam, causing the employee to continue forward and contact the edge of the I-beam and then fall to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations on the forehead and nose, and fractures to the forehead and right cheek bone.
HospitalizedMultiple face locationsOff-road passenger vehicles-powered, n.e.c
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