Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Filter Kleen Environmental, 280 Shire Pkwy, SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA 30025
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple leg locations, unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were cleaning the ducts on top of a pipe. The pipe gave way and the employees and the pipe fell 15 feet. The pipe landed on one employee's leg, resulting in a fracture in three places and hospitalization. The other employee was not injured.
HospitalizedMultiple leg locations, unspecifiedNonclassifiable
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