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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017088107 · 8/23/2017 · Top Flight Steel, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Beams-unattached metal
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Top Flight Steel, Inc.
Location
5721 Williams Drive, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78628
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cinching up a rigging cable on a forklift when a steel beam fell off the forklift and struck the employee's legs, breaking the left femur and right tibia.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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