Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aacer Acquisition, LLC, 970 N Ogden Rd, PESHTIGO, WISCONSIN 54157
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking in the warehouse when a forklift operator backed into the employee, causing a de-gloving injury to the left posterior leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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