Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bellisio Foods, Inc., 100 E. Broadway Street, JACKSON, OHIO 45640
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee operating a high-reach truck ran into the forks of another high-reach truck. The forks of the other high-reach truck were approximately 1 foot above the floor. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula and crushed knee on the left leg, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedMultiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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