DeGroote School of Business

The Tool that Got Away

Author(s) Cody Galez
Kevin Neo
Setting Construction
Incident Contact with Heavy Tool
Consequence Head wound
Excerpt A young worker is installing a temporary fence around a swimming pool under construction and hits himself in the head with a 50 pound "post pounder" tool.
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