Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson Enterprises, 4711 Broom St, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78217
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a truck when his leg was cut on the hydraulic gate lift.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedDelivery truck or van
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