NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA—
Seward Operating, LLC
Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified · Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
Final narrative
An employee was operating a backhoe to clean fuel bunkers when a backhoe attachment broke through the back window of the operator's cab and struck the employee. The employee was found unresponsive with head and face injuries, requiring hospitalization. The employee suffered a concussion, a broken orbital bone and a laceration.
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