Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., 610 Exterior Street, BRONX, NEW YORK 10451
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift when their leg struck a store display and was fractured. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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