Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at QG Printing II, LLC, 4646 S Grady Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33611
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee parked their cart near a wrapping machine. As the employee was getting out of their cart, a forklift struck the cart. The employee's leg was pinned between their cart and a parked cart, resulting in a leg injury that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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