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 Progressive Converting Inc., 109 Maplewood Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 18202
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking in the warehouse when a forklift backed into the employee and ran over his foot and ankle.
HospitalizedFoot (feet) and ankle(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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