Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ameren, Highway H & Bonney Lane, FARMINGTON, MISSOURI 63640
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Foot (feet) and toe(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking along a narrow rural roadway toward the back of a digger derrick truck as another digger derrick truck was moving forward from the opposite direction, passing the parked vehicle. The employee's foot was run over by the tire of the vehicle. The employee sustained fractures to the top of the right foot and a dislocated big toe.
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