Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oil City Iron Works, Inc., 909 S. 12TH ST., CORSICANA, TEXAS 75110
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning his work area and preparing it to begin making air-set molds
when a nearby forklift that was backing out from a load swung around and struck the employee. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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