Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alliance Ground International, LLC, 2100 NW 42nd Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33142
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading two pallet jacks off a truck. While unloading one of the pallet jacks, it unexpectedly surged in reverse, pinching the employee's foot between the pallet jack in use and the tines of the pallet jack that had been removed from the truck first. The employee suffered a fractured foot.
Hospitalized Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Non-riding pallet jack
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