Ran off driving surface, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pridestaff, Inc., 3051 Port and Harbor Drive, BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI 39520
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift to stack pallets. While the employee was backing up, the forklift began to fall from the loading dock. He attempted to dismount the forklift, but it pinned his leg and knee. He was later hospitalized for a blood clot in his leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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