Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H & S Constructors, Inc, 192 FM 1216, PECOS, TEXAS 79772
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working under a truck. When he removed the drive shaft, the vehicle began to roll backwards. The truck's catalytic converter then struck his chest area, injuring his ribs and clavicle. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
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