Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Newman & Company, Inc, 6101 tacony street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19135
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's leg was run over by a forklift.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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