Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Supervalu, Inc., 707 Airport Road, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 58504
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee suffered left leg and right ankle injuries when a pallet jack on a forklift fell against the employee at 707 Airport Road in Bismarck, North Dakota.
HospitalizedAnkle(s) and leg(s), unspecifiedPallet jack-nonpowered
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