Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Teague Lumber Company, 14929 Nw. Thousand Oaks Place, PARKVILLE, MISSOURI 64152
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a rebar delivery at a new home construction site using a forklift. The forklift tipped forward and the employee was thrown off the forklift. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra and lacerations to the head.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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