Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Specialty Rental & Attachment Company, Inc., 74 State Route 73, HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY 08037
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing out a pin with a pry bar when the bar became stuck. As the bar freed, it swung around and hit the employee in the head, resulting in an injury.
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