Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC, 3114 S. Haskell Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS 75223
on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was traveling on a forklift. Another forklift began moving when the employee's forklift was about 6 feet away from it. As they tried to avoid each other, both turned, then stopped. The right-side clamp from the second forklift entered the standing area of the employee s forklift. The second forklift then backed up, and the clamp broke the employee's right big toe and ruptured a tendon in the foot.
HospitalizedToes(s), toenail(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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