HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Grant Sheet Metal, Inc.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
Two employees were working as flaggers for a construction site and were assisting a truck driver back out of the site. As the truck was backing out onto the service road, a motorist struck one of the flaggers who was in the street. The employee received head and bodily injuries. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
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