COLUMBUS, GEORGIA—
EXTREME POWERSPORTS, INC.
Fall, jump from water vehicle · Fractures
Final narrative
A customer had brought a jet ski in for service and/or repair. An employee took the equipment to a lake for a test drive when the employee struck a wake in the water and was thrown from the jet ski. The employee was hospitalized with a spiral fracture to their left leg above the ankle.
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