Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified · Multiple surface and flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walgreen Eastern Co., Inc., 3850 Prologis Parkway, EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18045
on — Multiple surface and flesh wounds, affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift. Its load of pallets was struck by a second forklift causing one of the pallets to strike the employee. She suffered a laceration to her left knee and a head contusion.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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