DALLAS, TEXAS—
Sigma Marble and Granite, Inc.
Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sigma Marble and Granite, Inc., 8310 Chancellor Row, DALLAS, TEXAS 75247 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was helping a forklift operator to move a granite slab with the forklift and an attachment clamp. The forklift operator put the forklift in neutral and got off of it. The forklift rolled forward and ran over the employee's ankle, breaking it.
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