Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Honeywell, 12220 Rojas Dr, Ste. 100, EL PASO, TEXAS 79936
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple leg locations, n.e.c. .
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in reverse when his left leg was pinned between the forklift and a guardrail. The employee sustained fractures of the bilateral femoral condyles, lateral tibial plateau and proximal fibula with moderate lipohemarthrosis, a contusion of the medial thigh adjacent to the greater saphenous vein without evidence of significant vascular injury, and a subcutaneous hematoma lateral to the left knee.
HospitalizedMultiple leg locations, n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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