BANKS, IDAHO—
Towercom Technologies LLC
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Towercom Technologies LLC, Packer John Rd. MM7, BANKS, IDAHO 83602 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was driving an excavator up a mountain road. The excavator hit a patch of ice, slid off the side of the road and rolled over. A tree stump came through the cab and pinned the operator's leg between the stump and the controls.
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