GRAND VIEW, IDAHO—
J. R. Simplot Company
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at J. R. Simplot Company, 1301 Highway 67, GRAND VIEW, IDAHO 83624 on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking to her truck to retrieve a set of gloves while preparing for feedlot bedding operations. A front loader emptied a load onto the bedding wagon. The loader then backed up and the employee was knocked to the ground by the loader's bucket, and then run over. The employee sustained fractures to five lower vertebrae.
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