Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Blattner Energy Inc., 1025 Clear Water two Wind, 3299 HWY 59North, MILES CITY, MONTANA 59301
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was repositioning a crane to a different location when the crane tipped over onto its side. The employee jumped off the crane 10-12 feet to the ground below, resulting in multiple fractured back vertebrae.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Cranes other mobile cranes
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