Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, 323 River Dock Road, UNALAKLEET, ALASKA 99684
on — Fractures, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was attaching lifting bridles to a front-end loader when the front-end loader lurched forward and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained a fractured jaw, fractured back, and lacerations on the head and knee.
HospitalizedHead and trunkBucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
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