Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in work zone · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at M.C. Ethridge Company, FM 306, SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS 78070
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was spotting a front end loader. A traffic vehicle did not yield on the worksite and struck the front end loader, which in turn struck the employee. He broke bones in his right leg.
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