Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Motion Industries, Inc., 1605 Alton Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35210
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was transporting a box placed on the seat beside him on the forklift. The box fell while the forklift was in motion. The employee reached down to retrieve it and lost control of the forklift while going down a ramp. When the employee tried to regain control, he was ejected from the forklift and injured his hip.
HospitalizedHip(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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