MOBILE, ALABAMA—
CSA Equipment Company, LLC
Fall or jump from water vehicle · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was stepping off a gangway and tripped on a piece of rope that is attached to the safety net. This caused him to fall to the dock and then he rolled underneath the passenger side of a pickup truck that was parked about 3 to 4 feet from the gangway. When the pickup truck pulled away, it ran over the employee's left leg and fractured it.
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