Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at National Labor Strategies, LLC, STG LOGISTICS, NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY 07047
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lower extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a floor when a forklift struck his left leg with a pallet it was carrying. The employee was injured.
HospitalizedLower extremities, unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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