Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Spinal cord injuries, paralysis unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Scruggs Lawn Care Inc., Tractor Supply on South Adam ST., FULTON, MISSISSIPPI 38843
on — Spinal cord injuries, paralysis unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a stand-up skid loader to move a roll of sod. She was moving the machine over a parking lot curb when she was thrown from the machine to the ground, landing on her back. The employee suffered a spinal cord injury and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
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