WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA—
Advantage Resourcing
Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Advantage Resourcing , 337 Well Rd , WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA 71292 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was mowing grass. He was startled by lightening and when he dismounted the riding mowing his leg was struck by the mower attachment.
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