LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA—
JOHNSON BROS. CORPORATION
Roadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JOHNSON BROS. CORPORATION, I210 , LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70601 on — Amputations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was aligning highway cones in the construction zone when his legs became pinned between a public driver's car and the rear end of the company's pickup truck, resulting in the amputation of his right leg and the possible amputation of his left leg.
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