Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Towing & Transport, St. Louis Inc, 9243 Long Ridge Dr., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63105
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a client vehicle when the vehicle started rolling. The employee ran to the front of the vehicle trying to stop it but he fell down and the vehicle then rolled over his foot. The employee sustained a fractured toe, a left tibia fracture and puncture of the skin. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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