Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Grecian Delight Foods, Inc., 1301 Estes Ave., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was injured when the stand-up forklift he was driving hit a parked forklift. One of the parked forklift's forks entered the cab, struck his foot, and cut his foot and leg. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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