Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at US Foods, 6685 Crescent Drive, NORCROSS, GEORGIA 30071
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a pallet jack to select dry product in an aisle around 5:30 p.m. along with several other pallet jack operators. He was walking between his pallet jack and a coworker's parked pallet jack when his pallet jack rolled forward and caught his right leg between the two pieces of equipment, fracturing his lower leg/ankle.
HospitalizedAnkle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.Pallet jack-powered
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