Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at C & S Wholesale Grocers, 1802 Jim Johnson Rd, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 33566
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was parked at the end of an aisle with his pallet jack. He asked a forklift driver to reverse in order to make room for him to drive his pallet jack. The forklift driver accidentally drove the forklift forward and struck the employee's left foot, causing a laceration and broken bones.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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