Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ryder Integrated Logistics, 3880 Groveport Road, OBETZ, OHIO 43207
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a forklift to load a semi-truck trailer. The employee set the forklift brake, got off of the forklift, and walked to the front of the forks. The forklift moved forward and pinched the employee's left calf between the double forks of a slip sheet attachment. The employee suffered a left calf laceration and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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