Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keystone Clearwater Solutions, LLC, Blake Ridge Road, MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA 26041
on — Amputations, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was travelling down a public road in a telehandler. When the employee pulled to the side of the paved road to allow vehicles to pass, the tires on one side went off the pavement and the telehandler rolled over. The employee sustained an amputated foot, broken legs, a broken pelvis, and a punctured lung.
HospitalizedAmputationFoot (feet), n.e.c.Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
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