Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Securitas Security Services, 2501 East Front St, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64120
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
As an employee exited his vehicle, his coat caught on the gear shift and the vehicle dragged him on the ground, breaking a vertebra.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableAutomobile
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