Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Inland Dredging Company, LLC, Mile Marker 352.5, ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI 39730
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving muck that had been dredged from a waterway with a bulldozer. He drove over a ledge and the bulldozer went down quickly and came to a sudden stop. He was thrown forward and struck the front console and windshield, suffering neck and arm pain. A seatbelt was not worn at the time.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Bulldozers
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