Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WASTE PRO OF FLORIDA, INC., 6671 Arthur Street, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33021
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was exiting a garbage truck to retrieve a garbage container when he was sideswiped by a motor vehicle, receiving fractures to the right foot, right elbow, and right ribs. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
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