Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New South Express, LLC, 249-B Clover Road, LINCOLN, ALABAMA 35096
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
After moving empty containers with a forklift, an employee began to travel forward in the forklift. While re-entering the main aisle, the left fork struck the roll cage of an oncoming forklift that was travelling in reverse. This caused the injured employee's forklift to tip over onto a guardrail. The upper rail of the guardrail entered the top of the forklift's roll cage, pinning the employee's legs against the seat. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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