MOBILE, ALABAMA—
Refuse Materials, Inc.
Struck by door, gate, window · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was working to pull open the stuck door of a concrete slurry container. The door sprang open and struck the employee in the lower jaw, causing a laceration and fracture to the jaw.
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