Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EquipmentShare Inc., 2106 W. Wheeler Avenue, ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS 78336
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet) and toe(s).
Final narrative
A driver pulled into the facility yard and backed their truck up to a dock. He was unloading an 85-foot articulating boom lift when the boom lift fell. He was slung out of the bucket of the boom lift and his self-retracting lifeline (SRL) broke. He impacted the outside of the bucket. The employee sustained a fracture to his heel plate and toes on his right foot.
Hospitalized Foot (feet) and toe(s) Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
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