Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Petco Animal Supplies - DSC, 3801 Rock Creek Boulevard, JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60431
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower extremities unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a counterbalance forklift. When he approached the opening of a demising wall, his lower left leg/foot got caught between the forklift and the bollard. He sustained a fracture.
Hospitalized Lower extremities unspecified Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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