Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wyoming Casing Service, Inc., Near 64th Avenue NW and 45th Street NW, PARSHALL, NORTH DAKOTA 58770
on — Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee hooked a casing tool cradle to a loader, which then picked up the casing tool. The casing tool swung around and knocked the employee to the ground. The loader then went to set the casing tool on the ground and it struck the employee's left leg, resulting in a crush injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
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