Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Glass & Aluminum Inc, 2801 North Lecompte Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65803
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the Arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
The employee was using a manual style pallet jack to move a pallet full of glass panels. The employee was attempting to get the forks situated under the pallet. The pallet became uneven causing the glass panels to fall off the pallet. The employee attempted to stop the glass from falling and their arm was lacerated by the glass, resulting in hospitalization.
Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Glass building materials
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