BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA—
SSA Atlantic, LLC
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SSA Atlantic, LLC, Joe Frank Harris Blvd, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA 31523 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was scanning barcodes on vehicles and going through the manifest as a checker. They went to the rear of a vehicle to scan a barcode when the vehicle behind them rolled forward into them. The employee was punctured by a removeable latching pin on the front of the vehicle and sustained a laceration above the knee. They were hospitalized.
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