SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA—
Croell, Inc.
Fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was on an elevated platform, performing maintenance on a dust collection system, when the support chains on one side pulled free from the support hook and the dust collector swung out from under the employee. They fell approximately 10 feet to the ground and were hospitalized for an upper leg fracture.
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