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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019032615 · 3/12/2019 · Laurel Machine and Foundry Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
Secondary source
Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes

Employer

Name
Laurel Machine and Foundry Company
Location
810 Front St., LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
NAICS
331511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a piece of steel weighing approximately 100 lbs. onto the work bench utilizing a magnetic lifting device attached to a jib crane. When the employee began to move the piece of steel, it fell from the magnet and struck the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized for foot fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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