Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tyson Farms, Inc., 1019 Shelbyville Street, CENTER, TEXAS 75935
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a standup forklift when he stopped his lift on a shipping dock in front of a door. A sit-down forklift was backing out of the door and hit the employee's leg, pinning it between the two lifts. His left leg had a fractured femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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