Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Associated Material Handling Inc., 1871 High Grove Ln., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60540
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a pallet truck when the pallet truck tipped over. The employee was caught between the pallet truck and a stationary object, suffering a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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