Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Atlas Roofing Corporation, 675 Oxford Road, FRANKLIN, OHIO 45005
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
Am employee was walking up to a parked lift to get some paperwork when the lift moved, striking his foot and breaking two bones.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedIndustrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
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