Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Universal Security, 1201 HJooper Ave, TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY 08753
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a two-wheeled motorized personal vehicle when he ran over another employee's foot and the vehicle became unbalanced. He fell off the vehicle and fractured his left leg.
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