Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Keystone Plus Construction Corporation, 6315 5th Street, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20011
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was dumping a portion of a load from a buggy when he lost control of the buggy and descended down a ramp. His right leg was pinned and broken between the equipment's gas tank and a wall.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedIndustrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
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