DODGE CITY, KANSAS—
Foley Equipment - Wichita, KS
Twisting, reaching, bending · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was standing on the shop floor tightening a bolt on a bulldozer. The employee twisted her left leg and sustained fractures to her tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.
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