Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Grand Prix Motors, Inc., 67 Eagle Road, DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee had been dispatched to a store parking lot to tow a disabled vehicle. He parked the tow truck behind the vehicle, then laid on the ground and under the vehicle to hook it up to the tow truck. His legs were sticking out a little more than 1 foot from the side of the vehicle when a car drove over both of his feet, then went into reverse, drove over his left ankle, and parked on it. He was hospitalized.
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