Collapse, engulfment loose materials or liquids · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Huntington Steel and Supply Co., 100 3rd Avenue, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25703
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Knee(s) and leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was kneeling on the back of a truck loading metal sheets, when the tie wire that was supporting the sheets broke. The metal came down and hit the employee, who suffered a shattered shin bone and a dislocated left knee. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Knee(s) and leg(s) Panels, sheets, plates metal
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