Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Distribution Center, 3900 N IH 35, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 78130
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift when the back of her heel was crushed between the forklift and a steel roof beam. She suffered an injury to the left ankle and Achilles tendon.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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