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Top Flight Steel, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — GEORGETOWN, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Top Flight Steel, Inc. in GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
Employer Top Flight Steel, Inc. Report ID 2017088107
Address 5721 Williams Drive, Oak Meadows/Randalls City, State ZIP GEORGETOWN, TEXAS 78628
Event Date August 23, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Beams-unattached metal
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 236220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.70000, -97.75000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On August 23, 2017, a worker at Top Flight Steel, Inc. in GEORGETOWN, TEXAS suffered fractures to the multiple leg locations, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with beams-unattached metal identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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