YORK, PENNSYLVANIA—
North Industrial Chemicals, Inc.
Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at North Industrial Chemicals, Inc., 609 East King Street, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17403 on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was walking alongside a forklift while parking the forklift. The wheel turned and the rear driver's side tire ran over the employee's left foot resulting in a fracture to the second metatarsal.
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