USIC Locating Services, LLC
2025-08-27 · BOTKINS, OHIO
Final narrative
An employee was walking and taking post-locate photos. He stepped on a ceramic drainage tile and his foot/leg punched through the tile. His leg was lacerated by the broken tile. The employee was hospitalized with internal bleeding due to a punctured femoral artery.
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