Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pepsico, 14501 N. Kelley Avenue, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73114
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
Employees were dropping off and loading product into a bay delivery trailer. One employee was operating a forklift and the second was operating a walkie-rider pallet jack. As they were transitioning from one side to the other, they rounded the corner, sounding their horns, and collided at the rear of the trailer. The second employee was caught between the mast of the forklift and load guard of the walkie-rider, resulting in fractured ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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