Metal Finishing Equipment & Supply Company Co., Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Metal Finishing Equipment & Supply Company Co., Inc., 19 Kenny Roberts Memorial Drive, SUFFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06078
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had a long screw auger set on pipe stands approximately 4 feet from the ground. One of the pipe stands tipped as he was adjusting the auger, causing the auger to fall onto his foot and fracture it.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedMachine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
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