Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pactiv Corporation, 8170 Alcovy Road NE, COVINGTON, GEORGIA 30016
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift in reverse when the forklift struck a support beam from the left side. The employee's left foot sustained injury which required surgery and hospitalization.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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