WOODVILLE, TEXAS—
Texas Materials Group
Roadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a broom truck on the shoulder of a highway that was being repaired. A dump truck struck the employee's broom truck. The employee suffered a broken arm, a dislocated elbow, a broken leg, a fractured pelvis, multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung, fractured vertebrae, and decompression.
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