Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Blue Bird Corporation, 402 Bluebird Blvd., FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA 31030
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was coming out of a bus and saw something laying on the ground. He was stepping to the side to miss the object when he fell and twisted his ankle, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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