Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Americold Logistics, 1313 Samuels Ave, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76101
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a forklift to retrieve pallets to load a trailer. As the employee came through a door, another forklift's forks entered the compartment of the employee's own vehicle. The employee's foot was injured.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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