Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DALTILE CORPORATION, 1250 VALLEY BROOK AVE., LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY 07071
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was walking alongside a forklift when the forklift turned and pinned the employee between it and the wall. He suffered abdominal pain and difficulty breathing, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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