Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SG Metal & Glass LLC, 4730 Irving Park Rd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60641
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a scissor lift onto a loading dock ramp when the lift fell over the side of the ramp with the employee in it. They sustained rib fractures.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersAerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
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