JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA—
Crush-It, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
Final narrative
A crew was moving a radial stacker. One of them was moving an electric cable when an excavator struck his abdomen with its teeth. He was hospitalized with a puncture wound to the left side of the abdomen that resulted in damage to muscle tissue.
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