Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at T. D. Patrinos Painting & Construction Inc., 3500 Forbes Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15213
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving an A-frame cart that had about 10 sheets of drywall on it. The cart struck unstable concrete causing the drywall to tip. The drywall pinched the employee's left arm in a doorway, resulting in a fractured arm.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedCart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
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