Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Motion Industries, 4175 Royal Dr. Suite 800, KENNESAW, GEORGIA 30144
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was backing a forklift up to a rack and his leg became lodged between the forklift and the rack. He suffered damaged muscle tissues on the left leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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