Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GM Powertrain Tonawanda Engine, 2995 River Road, BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14207
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a flat bed from the south and collided with a forklift truck travelling east in a 3-way stop intersection. The employee in the flat bed was going to make a left hand turn and did not see the forklift truck. Due to the sudden stop, the employee's leg contacted the steel in the cab resulting in a fractured leg.
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