Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sterling Foods - Main Office, 1050 Arion Pkwy, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216
on — Fractures , affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was reaching for a piece of angle iron when it fell onto his hand, which was on a table to support him as he reached for the overhead rack. He suffered a broken finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Hospitalized Other finger(s) n.e.c. Beams and rails metal
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