CHILLICOTHE, ILLINOIS—
Dematic Corp
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dematic Corp, 2800 East Cedar Hills Drive, CHILLICOTHE, ILLINOIS 61523 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On June 6, 2018, around 9:00 a.m. an employee parked and engaged the breaks of a loaded forklift on a slight incline and got off the forklift to verify space availability in the cargo van that was being loaded. The forklift rolled forward crushing his legs between the bumper of the cargo van and the material on the forklift causing fractures to both legs. The employee was hospitalized.
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