Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Waste Management Inc. of Florida, 2025 Hillwood Ave, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33763
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's right foot and leg were caught in in the hydraulic packing system of a rear-load garbage truck. The employee sustained injuries to the foot and leg.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), unspecifiedGarbage, recycling, or refuse truck
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