Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Selectrode Industries, Inc., 100 Commerce Way, ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA 15001
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
On May 2, 2024, at approximately 6:46 AM, a 3,000-pound tote was suspended from the forks of a powered industrial truck filling a 55-gallon drum when it slid on the forks and pinned the injured employee against a dumpster. They sustained two broken vertebrae and were hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Bags, sacks
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