Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Expressjet Airlines, 17795 JFK Blvd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77032
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving his vehicle (golf cart style) to an aircraft when he passed by two large baggage carts and was T-boned by another vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken left leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedGolf cart, personnel transport cart
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