Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Abbott Laboratories Inc., 3158 Martin Luther King Junior Drive, NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60064
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a forklift to load a pallet and was backing away from the pallet when the forklift collided with another forklift. The employee suffered a leg injury.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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