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Performance Contracting Incorporated

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified — Cuts, lacerations — SAINT MARYS, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Performance Contracting Incorporated in SAINT MARYS, GEORGIA
Employer Performance Contracting Incorporated Report ID 2021108677
Address 5225 USS Mariano G Vallejo Ave City, State ZIP SAINT MARYS, GEORGIA 31558
Event Date October 8, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Forehead
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 236115 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.73000, -81.54000

Incident Narrative

An employee was erecting a scaffold. A scaffold plank was being hoisted up when it fell, striking and lacerating the employee's forehead.

Incident Summary

On October 8, 2021, a worker at Performance Contracting Incorporated in SAINT MARYS, GEORGIA suffered cuts, lacerations to the forehead. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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