HARRISBURG, SOUTH DAKOTA—
BX Civil & Construction, Inc.
Roadway noncollision vehicle overturn · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
Final narrative
An employee was driving a semi tractor pulling a tanker trailer that was applying calcium chloride to a gravel road. The truck was driving 11 miles per hour on a straight stretch of gravel road when it rolled to the edge of the road and rolled over onto its side in a ditch. The employee suffered bruises, a cut on the elbow, cracked ribs, fractured vertebrae, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
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