Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC in FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
Employer Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC Report ID 20221110413
Address 3898 Selvitz Road City, State ZIP FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 34981
Event Date November 29, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Neck and back
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 327390 Inspection # 1637894
GPS Coordinates 27.39000, -80.36000

Incident Narrative

An employee was waiting as a 6-foot ram cylinder, lifted on the forks of a forklift and suspended with a steel chain, was positioned. The ram fell from the forklift and struck the employee's back and neck.

Incident Summary

On November 29, 2022, a worker at Pre-Cast Specialties, LLC in FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the neck and back. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with parts and materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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