Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kentwood Cooperative, Inc., 501 Railroad Ave., KENTWOOD, LOUISIANA 70444
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a steer loader, gathering parts to put together a feed bin. He pulled the steer loader up to the parts trailer. There was a vehicle parked close to the trailer. The employee got out of the steer loader, which was still running. His leg got jammed between the loader and the vehicle, resulting in a broken leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedSkid steer loaders, mini loaders
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