GUY, TEXAS—
M.A. Mortenson Company
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at M.A. Mortenson Company, 18203 Wolfgang Road, GUY, TEXAS 77444 on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was lifting a 50-pound photovoltaic (PV) panel from a horizontal stack of PV panels on a pallet on the ground. The next panel in the stack tipped forward and hit the employee below the left kneecap, breaking the employee's lower leg.
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