Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Riggs Distler & Company, Inc., 512 Chesterville Road, LANDENBERG, PENNSYLVANIA 19350
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was loading a wooden utility pole onto a digger derrick. A pole piece came free when it was under tension and swung into the employee's lower legs. The employee sustained three fractures to the left ankle as well as one right ankle fracture.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Utility and telephone poles
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