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Worker recovering from accident
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| By: ADAM NORTHAM, DAILY LEADER Staff Writer |
November 03, 2009 |
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A Lincoln County crewman is recovering in a Jackson hospital after a roadside accident last week saw his ankle crushed in a piece of heavy equipment, said District Four Supervisor Doug Moak.
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Moak said county road hand Johnny Smith slipped while standing on the front bucket of a backhoe Thursday and caught his ankle in the bucket's linkage, the control pieces that swivel the bucket. The crew was clearing dead trees from a roadside in the district when the accident occurred.
Smith was taken to University of Mississippi Medical Center where he underwent surgery Thursday night, Moak said.
"It's going to take him a little while to recuperate, but he's doing good," Moak said Monday. "They're just kind of watching him to make sure no infection sets in and a good healing process starts."
Moak said Smith, a three-year crewman in District Four, was standing on the bucket while the backhoe was moving. Moak said county hands would no longer be allowed to hitch rides on the equipment and that the accident would be a "learning experience for everybody."
Smith will continue working in District Four after his recovery, Moak said.
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