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 Becton, Dickinson and Company, 1211 Mary Magnan Blvd, MADISON, GEORGIA 30650
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift toward a warehouse. The forklift struck a cardboard pallet while turning, and his left leg was caught between the forklift and the pallet. He suffered a broken left tibia and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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