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 Top Displays LLC, 555 Tuckahoe Road, YONKERS, NEW YORK 10710
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On 9/22/2016, an employee was pulling a skid (hand jack) with product on it from a side aisle to the main aisle when he was struck by a passing forklift, injuring his right leg and requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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