Maximo Drywall
2025-06-13 · WEST HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA
Final narrative
A crew was completing drywall work to renovate movie theater rooms. An employee was using a dolly to move cement board into a theater when the dolly's wheel got stuck. The dolly and cement board fell onto the employee's left ankle resulting in a fracture requiring hospitalization.
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