Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, 902 Main Street SE, HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA 35077
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
The injured employee was on the ground level receiving an OSB board from a co-worker who was on a 10-foot-high catwalk. The board was 4 feet by 25 feet and weighed approximately 270 pounds. As it was being slid down a handrail by a crew of three employees, the board went over the rail and landed on the injured employee's left foot, resulting in a fracture.
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