Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C&D LaFace Construction, Inc., 95 S. Chenango Street, GREENE, NEW YORK 13778
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was filling a wall using a grout pump that was mounted on the elevated forks of a telehandler. The lift tipped forward and the pump struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the head, ribs, eye, and hand.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
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