Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc., 355 Main Street, WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 01588
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was training a new hire on the milk selection process, which involves the use of a portable (wrist mounted) RF scanner and a powered pallet jack. He was walking backwards behind his jack when the lower part of his left leg was caught between the pallet jack and a stationary jack. The impact fractured his lower left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Pallet jack-powered
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