PERRYSBURG, OHIO—
Walgreens Distribution Center
Moving in same direction, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walgreens Distribution Center, 28727 Oregon Rd. , PERRYSBURG, OHIO 43551 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift while carrying a pallet. A second forklift driver was directly behind the first forklift traveling in the same direction. The pallet blocked the safety sensor on the first forklift, causing it to suddenly stop. The second forklift then hit the first one and the employee on the first forklift suffered two broken legs. One of the leg fractures was a compound fracture.
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