Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WAL-MART STORES,INC. #4227, 3510 Hwy 2, HAVRE, MONTANA 59501
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was guiding a car into the tire and lube bay while a coworker drove it. The coworker's foot slipped off of the brake and engaged the accelerator. The vehicle struck the injured employee and pushed him into a tire machine and the wall. He sustained a puncture wound above his knee and fractured his leg.
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An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
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