Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc., I-65 Exit 322, FALKVILLE, ALABAMA 35622
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was checking the level of liquid inside the distributor truck's tank when there was a flash explosion. The employee sustaining burns to 16% of his body.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Tanker trucks
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