Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Standard Materials Group, Inc., 2400 E College St, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA 74012
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was backing a concrete delivery truck down a temporary road when a portion of the road collapsed. This caused the truck to roll into a drainage ditch; the employee sustained three left rib fractures and soft tissue damage.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersCement truck, concrete mixer truck
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