Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aerolite LLC, 4605 Lake Park Rd, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44512
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing at ground level and looking in the back of a tractor trailer to take inventory. A forklift that was loading product, backed into the injured employee and caused them to fall. They sustained injuries to the legs and feet.
HospitalizedFoot(feet) and leg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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