Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca Cola Refreshments, 60 Deans Rhode Hall Road, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY 08852
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift when it ran into a rack. The employee suffered a leg injury.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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