Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Midwest Mixer Service, LLC, 40 East Road 160, SCOTT CITY, KANSAS 67871
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attaching a powered industrial truck to a trailer in a parking lot. The employee slipped on ice and fell to the concrete, suffering a broken right arm.
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