Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AKT Environmental Services Inc., 13800 Old Gentilly Road, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70129
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
Employees were removing an exterior wall panel from a building. As the panel was being lowered down by a winch and a tagline, it hit a swing stage scaffold and broke into several pieces. The panel fell about 15 feet to the scaffold below and struck an AKT employee. The employee suffered two broken ribs, an internal laceration, and a puncture wound on the side of the chest.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersScrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
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An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.
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