AVON, MASSACHUSETTS—
PPG Industries, Inc.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PPG Industries, Inc., 1 Ledin Drive, AVON, MASSACHUSETTS 02322 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was loading a truck. The employee fell between the truck and the loading dock, sustaining an injury to the right ankle that required surgery and hospitalization.
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