Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, INC., 601 TWIN RAIL DR., MINOOKA, ILLINOIS 60447
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to remove shrink rolls when a shrink roll fell off the dashboard. He tried to move it with his left foot and his left ankle was pinned between the forklift and a mobile lifting machine.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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