Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Barko Hydraulics, LLC, One Banks Avenue, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN 54880
on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
On July 12, 2017, an employee was using a wrench to remove a line plug from a hydraulic cylinder while it was resting in a wooden cradle (block) on top of a machine's sub-frame. The wrench breaking the line plug loose created a jarring motion that caused the 620-pound hydraulic cylinder to shift and fall (3.5 feet) off the elevated surface and onto the employee's lower leg, fracturing the right tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.