Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carlos Moran, 503 Kentwood Rd, WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA 30188
on — Amputations, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was walking between a truck and a cement truck when the cement truck ran over and crushed his right foot. His foot had to be amputated.
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