CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA·
Pennsylvania Transformer Technology, Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pennsylvania Transformer Technology, Inc., 30 Curry Avenue, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 15317 on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a steel coil that was 4.5" in width and weighed 1,340 lbs. from where it was being stored to the machine using an overhead crane. As the employee was attempting to roll the steel coil out from where it was stored to attach it to the crane, it started to become off balance and tipped over, landing on the employee's legs. The employee was trapped under the steel coil and sustained a broken tibia and fibula that required surgery.
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