Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quality Labor Management, LLC., 400 S. E. Ave, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA 32401
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was closing a rail car door in between a powered industrial truck (PIT) and a rail car. The PIT driver reached back to hand the employee a zip tie to secure the door when his foot slipped off the brake, which caused the PIT to roll over the employee's left leg. The employee sustained a broken leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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