Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dolco Packaging, 4700 S Westmoreland Road, DALLAS, TEXAS 75237
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a standup forklift to stack pallets. The employee reversed the forklift, rotated and accelerated, when he fell out of the forklift and his right leg was pinned between a guardrail and the forklift, resulting in a broken leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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