SEMINOLE, TEXAS—
AJK Enterprises
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at AJK Enterprises, Section South West 16, SEMINOLE, TEXAS 79360 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was servicing a chili machine when the air jack being used to lift the machine failed. The employee was caught in the jack and suffered a broken leg.
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