Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Atlanta Motorsports Park, LLC., 20 Duck Thurmond Road, DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA 30534
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping with a vehicle on a race track. A race car struck the employee, who suffered an ankle injury. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was unwrapping a pallet of empty buckets. The employee stepped backward and was struck by a powered industrial truck carrying a pallet of bucket lids, resulting in a left ankle fracture.
An employee was walking in the racking area to check parts when they were struck by an oncoming forklift. The front wheel ran over the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg and ankle.
An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.
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