Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) intersecting, turning · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nebraska Beef, Ltd, 4501 South 36th Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68107
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
The injured employee was driving a pallet jack. He rounded a corner as another employee on a stand-up reach truck was shifting into reverse to back up. The two vehicles collided and the pallet jack was swept into stationary racking used for storing product, causing the pallet jack driver to become pinned against the racking. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to their right hand and a perforated bladder and broken pelvis that required surgery.
Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Pallet jack riding
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