Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca Cola Beverages Florida, 4409 Madison Industrial Lane, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33619
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
A temporary employee was operating a standing powered pallet jack. She dropped off wooden pallets and began to back the pallet jack out. The pallet jack came toward her and the base pinned her right lower leg against a fixed object. The employee sustained fractures to the right ankle, tibia, and fibula, requiring surgical repair. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c. Pallet jack riding
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