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 The Wornick Company, 5273 E. Provident Dr., WEST CHESTER, OHIO 45071
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee backed their forklift into a storage rack. The rack's bottom shelf passed over the lip of the rear of the forklift, striking and fracturing the employee's right foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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