Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Shippers Warehouse of Georgia, 300 Interstate West Parkway, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA 30122
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was riding a pallet jack down the right side of an aisle. As he passed another forklift on the left side of the aisle, his lower left leg got caught on the edge of the wooden pallet that was on the forks of the other forklift. The employee sustained a fractured left shin.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Pallet jack-powered
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