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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2016098490 · 9/8/2016 · Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Struck by discharged object or substance
Source
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC
Location
6200 Elliott Reeder Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76117
NAICS
562111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing between a parked forklift and the discharge side of an automatic-ejecting baler. The baler pushed out a bale and pinned the employee's calf between the bale and the fork of the forklift, lacerating the employee's lower leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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