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 KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER, 2000 NUTTER FARMS LANE, DELAWARE, OHIO 43015
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
On September 14, 2021, an employee was operating a pallet jack. As he turned into another aisle, his right ankle and calf were caught between the platform of the pallet jack and the empty wooden pallet that was in the slot location. The employee suffered a broken bone in the lower right leg and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Pallet jack-powered
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