Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH DADE, LLC, 2300 NE 151st Street, NORTH MIAMI, FLORIDA 33181
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
A car was being backed out of a bay so that another car could pull into it. The car's brakes did not respond, and the car reversed quickly. The injured employee approached the car to stop it, and it pinned his right leg against a lift. The employee was hospitalized.
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