Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kroeschell Operations, Inc., Building KK, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61611
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift when his foot was caught between the two pedals. While trying to get his foot out from between the pedals, he drove into a guardrail and broke his left femur.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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