Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Noble Biomaterials, Incorporated, 300 Palm Street, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18505
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee used a forklift to lift an electric pallet jack so they could diagnose a problem with the pallet jack. The pallet jack fell off the forklift forks and struck the employee. He sustained fractures to the ribs and pelvis. He also fell, landing on a stack of pallets which fractured his left forearm.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Pallet jack-powered
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