MIAMI, FLORIDA—
Akima Infrastructure Protection LLC
Multiple types of bodily position and motion · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
Final narrative
An new employee was participating in an on-the-job training. The employee was demonstrating a defensive knee strike tactic when he suffered a left ankle injury. As he was pivoting to sprint backward as part of the simulated disengagement drill, his left ankle rolled and he sustained a torn Achilles tendon that required surgery.
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