Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts and abrasions or bruises
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Acme Truck Line, Inc., Extreme Machine, YOUNGSVILLE, LOUISIANA 70592
on — Cuts and abrasions or bruises, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee unstrapped a load of machinery on a truck. The machinery had shifted in transit; it fell off the truck and struck the employee, who suffered a chest laceration and a contusion to the left hand and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Machinery, unspecified
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