Moving in same direction, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Garelick Farms , 1199 West Central Street, FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS 02038
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
Two employees were driving stackers, traveling in the same direction one behind the other and with the squeeze mechanisms trailing. The first employee stopped, and the squeeze mechanism of the first stacker went through the back opening of the driver's compartment and struck the second employee in the pelvis.
HospitalizedPelvisForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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