Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Atlantic Plant Maintenance, Inc., 3146 Sanatoga Rd, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19464
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a cart with a grey board on it. Due to shifting of the cart or a wheel catching on an obstruction, the cart tipped over and struck two employees. One employee sustained a laceration on his arm requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedCart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
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