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 DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC., 151 CROSSROADS PARKWAY, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31407
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
The employee was moving pallets around the facility with a reach truck when he lost control of the truck and hit a pole. During the impact, his left arm was caught between the pole and truck, sustaining multiple fractures.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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