Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in road work zone · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Volkert, Inc., US 49, YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI 39194
on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was in a highway work area where a lane had been closed for paving operations. The employee collected an asphalt ticket from the driver of an asphalt truck and was walking back to the paving operation when the asphalt truck backed over the employee. The employee suffered multiple leg fractures and lacerations and was hospitalized, undergoing a partial below-knee amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationLower leg(s)Trucks with mounted machines, equipment unspecified