Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Northside Plumbing Supply, Inc., 9605 Kirkton Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77095
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading a truck when an unoccupied forklift rolled into him, striking him in the back. He suffered injuries to the back and pelvis and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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