Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Asplundh Construction LLC, Across street from:, TOULON, ILLINOIS 61483
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On February 9, 2021, at 1:45 pm, an employee was standing near a squirt boom utility truck putting away rigging equipment used during boring activities. A bucket truck was backing up and struck the employee, pinning them between the two trucks and resulting in fractures to their left ulna and radius about the wrist.
HospitalizedWrist(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedBoom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
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