Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pete and Gerry's Organics, LLC, 104 Commerce Avenue, GREENCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17225
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a rider pallet jack to move a pallet of egg cases in the warehouse. The pallet jack backed into a pallet of egg cases, fracturing the employee's right knee.
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