FLEMING, COLORADO—
CHS Grainland
Fall or jump from and struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was moving rail cars. While standing on the rail car trying to set the brakes, he slipped and fell and the rail car rolled over his foot. The employee's foot was surgically amputated.
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YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO—
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