Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NOTS Logistics LLC, 3660 Highway 411 NE, WHITE, GEORGIA 30184
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to move metal cages that contained finished rubber tires. The employee had just moved a cage and did not have a load on the forks when the forklift struck a metal column. The employee was ejected from the forklift and her left foot was caught between the vehicle and a metal column, resulting in an open fracture to the lower left leg.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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