NEW ALBANY, OHIO—
ACCEL, INC.
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ACCEL, INC., 9000 Smith's Mill Road, NEW ALBANY, OHIO 43054 on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was parking a stand-up forklift. He got off the forklift while it was still moving and the forklift pinned his left foot against a parked forklift. The employee sustained a broken foot requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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