Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mclane Southern Inc., 2104 Manufacturers Blvd NE, BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI 39601
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
The injured employee was operating an electric pallet jack to shuttle empty totes and was driving around a pallet of freight. At the same time, a forklift operator was driving around the pallet of freight while carrying an empty pallet. The empty pallet contacted the injured employee s lower leg area, causing the employee to be thrown from the pallet jack and strike their head on the floor. The injured employee broke a leg.
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