Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RUSSO CORPORATION, 7521 Commerce Circle Suite 155, TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA 35173
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were loading concrete barriers into the bed of a dump truck using an excavator. The injured employee was in the bed of the dump truck when one of the barriers shifted and fell onto his left foot. His left foot was then caught between two barriers and sustained tendon damage.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedConcrete parking blocks and barriers
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