Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in opposite directions, oncoming · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dana Distributors, Inc., 52 Hatfield Lane, GOSHEN, NEW YORK 10924
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was riding on a pallet jack. The jack passed through an overhead door and collided with a forklift, which had also been approaching the door. The forklift's forks lacerated the employee's left ankle.
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An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was driving a forklift backward out of a freezer. Another forklift was entering the freezer and struck the employee's left ankle, resulting in a fracture. The employee had surgery on the ankle.
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An employee was moving loads with a forklift when their forklift struck another forklift. One of the forklifts was traveling in reverse. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.
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