April 3, 2003
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W. W. Clyde & Co. · Struck by falling object
FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHER FROM THE CONTROL VAN. WHILE IN THE PROCESS, THE BOX FELL TO THE FLOOR AND A CORNER LEG LANDED ON HIS FOOT. THE LEG ENTERED HIS BOOT JUST BEH IND HIS STEEL TOE PROTECTOR, STRIKING NEAR THE BASE OF HIS RIGHT BIG TOE. X-RAYS CONFIRMED A BREAK TO THE TOE.