Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cordova Constructors, Inc., 2380 Mount Pleasant Road, HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI 38632
on , Amputations, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
Employees were preparing to set steel trusses approximately 66 feet long. The trusses were being moved via forklift from a staging area in the south parking lot approximately 270 feet to the north. The injured employee was trying to stabilize a steel truss attached to a forklift. When the employee removed the strap, the truss, weighing approximately 4000 lbs., tilted and fell onto his leg. The lower leg was amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationLower leg(s)Beams-unattached metal