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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016087934 · 8/23/2016 · United Ag Services, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source
Pickup truck

Employer

Name
United Ag Services, Inc
Location
350th Ave and Old Hwy 40, VICTORIA, KANSAS, 67671
NAICS
424510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee attempted to hook up an anhydrous ammonia nurse tank to a farmer's truck hitch. The farmer reversed the truck and pinned the employee's right leg between the vehicle and the nurse tank, breaking his right tibia and fibula and injuring his right ankle. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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