Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SSC Services for Education, 2600 South Neal Street, COMMERCE, TEXAS 75428
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting grass with a zero-turn lawn mower and collided with a parked vehicle in the parking lot, resulting in a broken leg and lacerations.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedLawn mowers-riding
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