Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SENSICAL INC., 31115 AURORA ROAD, SOLON, OHIO 44139
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
Employees were working to install a hydraulic cylinder into a press. A forklift was being used to lift the cylinder. The injured employee was guiding the cylinder to a pallet when the straps flipped and the cylinder dropped onto the pallet and the employee's right foot. The employee sustained a foot injury.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedMachine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
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