Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Deffenbaugh Inc, 13505 N 216th Street, BENNINGTON, NEBRASKA 68007
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee got out of a garbage truck to loosen a turnbuckle on the back of the truck. Another truck exiting the dump stopped to talk. As the exiting truck began to move again, the turnbuckle popped. The employee stepped backwards (towards exiting truck) to regain balance. The employee's foot was run over by the rear axle of the exiting truck.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedGarbage, recycling, or refuse truck
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