Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DFW Movers & Erectors, Inc, 777 Igloo Rd, KATY, TEXAS 77494
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
Employees were relocating a blow molding machine at a client site. The machine tipped over and pinned an employee, causing a hernia and a laceration on the right side of their abdomen.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersExtruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
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