Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OSI Group, LLC Ashland, 4201 S. Ashland Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609
on — Fractures, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift to pick up a pallet of finished product from a stretch wrapper when the employee lost control of the forklift. The employee's right arm then struck a post guarding the shrink wrapper, fracturing the radius.
HospitalizedForearm(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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