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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023054131 · 5/8/2023 · Vargas Sheet Metal

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
Source
Pickup truck

Employer

Name
Vargas Sheet Metal
Location
133 Montgomery St., SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31401
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A construction employee was working in a barricaded work zone, unloading a work truck, when a pickup truck crashed through the construction fence and struck the employee. The employee was pinned to a nearby semi-trailer and sustained a right lower leg amputation, left knee fracture, internal bleeding, and damage to the kidney and pancreas.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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