SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA—
McClure Contracting, Inc.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was parked on the side of the road changing a tire on a company vehicle when the jack slipped, causing the vehicle to come down. The employee was pinched by the vehicle and sustained multiple fractures to the pelvis and sacrum.
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