BESSEMER, ALABAMA—
Dollar General Distribution Center
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dollar General Distribution Center, 4101 Lakeshore Parkway, BESSEMER, ALABAMA 35022 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a pallet jack configured to haul roll tainting equipment. He backed up the equipment and switched it to coast pro mode, then walked between the coasting pallet jack and a rack. His ankle was caught and fractured between the jack and the rack.
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