MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA—2016-04-20

March Westin Company, Inc.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures

Final narrative

On April 20, 2016, at approximately 6:15 p.m., an employee was helping to move a precast concrete panel on a dry wall cart. The 12' x 60" concrete panel, weighing 1200 pounds, was loaded by forklift onto the cart, which had a load capacity of 3200 pounds. The cart was being navigated through a doorway by two employees. While making a turn, the wheels swiveled. The injured employee reached behind the panel and grabbed the cart to pull it forward. The panel lost its center of balance and fell forward and onto the employee, fracturing his shoulder, ribs, pelvis, and three vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Structural stones or slabs, n.e.c.

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