Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Main Street Manufacturing, 143 Mahanoy Ave, TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA 18252
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was walking past stacked bales of fiber. A bale on the stack was moved, which caused another bale (weighing about 500 pounds) to fall 10-12 feet and strike the employee. The employee suffered right-side rib and leg fractures.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Bundles, bales
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