SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY—
US Foods, Inc
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at US Foods, Inc, 300 Berkeley Drive, SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY 08085 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a pallet jack to load pallets into a trailer. The employee stepped off the pallet jack and the vehicle continued to move forward, crushing his leg between the pallet jack and a pallet. He sustained fibula and tibia fractures and two ankle bone fractures.
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