Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bayer - U.S. Crop Science Division, 251 Hwy 70 East, AIKEN, TEXAS 79221
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
The injured employee was spotting for another employee who was backing a conveyor out of a warehouse using a forklift. The injured employee noticed that the forklift was about to hit the overhead door to the warehouse with the conveyor. The injured employee went to lower the conveyor to prevent damage to the overhead door and the conveyor and the forklift struck the employee breaking both legs below the knee.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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