OPELIKA, ALABAMA—
Joann Distribution Center
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Joann Distribution Center, 3101 ANDERSON RD, OPELIKA, ALABAMA 36801 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift and backed into another lift catching his left leg between the two lifts and fracturing it.
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