Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
2025-07-02 · EMELLE, ALABAMA
Final narrative
An employee was standing between a truck and a roll-off container that was being offloaded. The container came down on their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration and fracture to the ankle.
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