Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc., 1451 Louis E Mikulin Rd, BRYAN, TEXAS 77807
on — Fractures, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was assisting a forklift operator with loading a truck and placing chocks on the wood boards for loading. While the forklift operator lifted a pipe, a group of pipes rolled back in place, but a single metal pipe was held at the tip of the forks and slipped out of place. The pipe fell on the floor and bounced toward the employee, striking and crushing his left foot and leg, which resulted in fractures.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), unspecifiedMetal pipes, tubing
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