SIDNEY, OHIO—
Superior Metal Products Inc
Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was un-banding metal blanks from pallets. He stepped on a pallet where the boards of the pallet overhung the runners, causing him to lose his footing and fall to the floor. The employee sustained injury to his left hip requiring hospitalization.
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