Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Grocers Supply Company, Inc., 3100 East Holcombe Blvd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77021
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a pallet jack when their right leg was pinned between the jack and a safety bollard. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Pallet jack-powered
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