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 Clemens Food Group, LLC, 2700 Clemens Rd., HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA 19440
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was driving a powered industrial truck in a warehouse freezer. The truck struck a corner guard, and the employee's right leg was caught between the truck's steel platform and the fixed steel baseboard of a racking system. The employee suffered an open fracture near the end of his right tibia.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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