FINDLAY, ILLINOIS—
SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.
Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC., 410 South Main St., FINDLAY, ILLINOIS 62534 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to get a ride on a sit-down forklift from another operator when he fell off the side of the forklift. The rear wheel ran over the injured employee's leg.
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