Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mulholland Energy Services, LLC, 10308 West County Road 72, MIDLAND, TEXAS 79707
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was installing a rear suspension airbag beneath a hydro-excavation truck when the airbag slipped off the truck's frame and struck him in the face. The employee sustained multiple facial fractures and an intraparenchymal hemorrhage and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Brain Axles, suspensions
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