Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Deanco, Inc., 4800 Riley Fuzzel Rd (TBD) Behind Grand Oaks High School, SPRING, TEXAS 77386
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was driving the water truck and spraying water when a third-party dump truck driver flagged him down asking for help. The dump truck driver's tailgate was in a bind with the screen that covers the truck bed. When the employee got up on the truck to help, the tailgate released and slammed down on his foot. The tailgate crushed his big toe and the toe next to it. The big toe was medically amputated.
Amputation Toes(s), toenail(s) Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo
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