FOREST HILL, TEXAS—
TAS Environmental Services LP
Fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TAS Environmental Services LP, Turkey Creek Landfill, FOREST HILL, TEXAS 76119 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a high pressure hose to wash a vacuum box at the landfill and slipped into the concrete lined pit, breaking his ankles.
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