Hazard Alert

Laceration to LEg

Injury Type: Laceration to leg
Core Activity: Equipment operator
Location: Winnipeg
ID Number: 362
Date of Incident: August 2010
Sector: Construction

Details

A worker was inside a gravel/dump box during a project involving the replacement of wood beams on the side of the box with metal beams. While a metal beam was being put in place into the side of the trailer, the beam slipped and struck the worker's leg. The cut to the worker's leg required a number of stitches.

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