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 Gordon Food Service, Inc., 1410 Gordon Food Service Drive, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 33563
on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck to transport pallets when he engaged in a collision avoidance maneuver and his left foot was caught between the powered industrial truck and a beam. He fractured three toes.
HospitalizedToes(s), toenail(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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