Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AM3 Stone - Alabama Marble Mineral & Mining Co., 301 21st Street North, BESSEMER, ALABAMA 35020
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee rigging a marble slab for transport attached a clamp to the top of the slab when the slab fell onto their right leg, resulting in a fracture.
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