Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at East Penn Manufacturing Company, 50 South Jefferson Street, TOPTON, PENNSYLVANIA 19562
on — Fractures , affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating material handling equipment when their right foot was caught between the material handling equipment and a railing. The employee sustained fractures to the big toe and second toe.
Hospitalized Toes(s), toenail(s) Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, unspecified
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