Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Thermo Fisher Scientific, 6771 Silver Crest Rd, NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA 18064
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
At about 9:30 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was backing an order picker through a narrow aisle, carrying empty pallets. The top few pallets struck a box, then struck the uprights of the high rack, and then struck the employee's left leg and pinned it against the order picker. The employee suffered severe contusions.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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