Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Birdsong Corporation, 1515 Industrial Drive, ASHBURN, GEORGIA 31714
on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift when it overturned. He fell out of the cage and suffered a broken pelvis.
HospitalizedPelvisForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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