Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Great Lakes Cold Storage Inc., 6531 Cochran Road, SOLON, OHIO 44139
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a lift truck to put product away in an aisle. After putting product away in a slot, he backed out into a stack of pallets. The top pallet went into the operator compartment, pinning his leg and breaking his tibia and fibula. When he drove forward to free his leg, he fell out of the lift onto the floor. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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