PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA—
Greenwich Terminal LLC
Sudden start or stop, nonroadway · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Greenwich Terminal LLC, 3301 South Columbus Blvd, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19148 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift with an attached personnel cage. The blades contacted a permanent railroad track sunk into the pavement; the forklift stopped abruptly and the employee struck the windshield and steering wheel.
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