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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024032733 · 3/27/2024 · DC Metal Construction

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
DC Metal Construction
Location
1500 Industrial Blvd, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
NAICS
332311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading bundled rods for building from a telehandler while standing on five-foot-high pipes and reaching for the rods. The rods slipped off the forks of the telehandler and a bundle fell on their lower legs, fracturing both of them.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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