Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alliance Ground International, LLC, 1717 Busse Road, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was closing a dock door that was propped open with a board. As the employee removed the board, the door fell and struck them. Their ankle was dislocated and they sustained an injury to the right leg that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedGarage doors
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