LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA—
Lowe's Home Improvement
Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Lowe's Home Improvement, 3726 Ambassador Caffery, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70503 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A Lowe's employee was driving a forklift behind the building when the forklift struck a yellow safety bollard and tipped over onto its side. The employee was hospitalized with a leg injury.
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