Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cimbar Resources, Inc., 49 Jackson Lake Road, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA 30705
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee jumped from a loading dock to a truck as it pulled away. The employee fell from the truck about 10 feet away from the dock, suffered a broken right femur, and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Trucks unspecified
Mining operation
This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212311). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →
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