Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sunbelt Rentals, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift to unload equipment when he accidentally disabled the parking brake while getting out of the forklift to readjust the load. The forklift started rolling toward him. In the process of getting out of the way of the forklift, his thigh got cut on the deck of the forklift. He was hospitalized and received stitches.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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