Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jegs Automotive, Inc., 101 Jegs Place, DELAWARE, OHIO 43015
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift. They stepped off the forklift to keep from hitting a co-worker and the forklift tire ran over their left foot. The employee sustained a fractured hallux and degloving injury to the left foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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