EL PASO, TEXAS—
NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul Inc.
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
Final narrative
The injured employee was standing on a trailer signaling a forklift operator who was loading pipe onto the trailer deck. The pipe rolled and the injured employee tried to stop the rolling pipe. The pipe knocked the employee off the trailer face first and then landed on the fallen employee. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis and collapsed lung.
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