BRYAN, TEXAS—
Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc., 1451 Louis E Mikulin Rd, BRYAN, TEXAS 77807 on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was standing near a rack of pipes while waiting for a forklift driver to deliver more pipes. The driver was turning into the aisle when three pipes slipped off the forks and onto the ground. One pipe bounced and struck the employee, resulting in a facial fracture, broken rib, punctured lung, and spleen laceration.
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