Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Associated Wholesale Grocers, 1301 W Omaha Ave, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA 68701
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
Two employees were talking near the machine one of them had been operating. A double pallet jack backed out of the adjoining aisle and struck one of the two, pinching his left leg/ankle against the other employee's machine. He suffered fractures to his left tibia/fibula.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Pallet jack-powered
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