Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Daryl Flood Logistics, Inc., 15833 Long Vista Drive #103, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78728
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was putting a box into a trash compactor when his leg was caught in the compactor, breaking his left tibia and deeply lacerating his leg above the left knee.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Trash compactors
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