Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GG&S Construction Co., 400 N. Highway 67, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS 76065
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee was helping to dismantle supported scaffolding. Another employee was handing scaffold components to him when a piece of wire fell from the scaffold above and struck the injured employee in the eye.
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