HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA—
Hershey Company Reese Plant
Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hershey Company Reese Plant, 925 Reese Avenue, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA 17033 on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
The injured employee was driving a forklift and the forklift veered and struck a steel column. The injured employee sustained multiple cracked ribs and a displaced sternum and was hospitalized.
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