Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in same direction · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HARIBO of America Manufacturing, LLC, 12488 Goldbear Dr, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN 53158
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift and driving behind a sit-down forklift when they contacted the rear of the sit-down forklift. The employee's left foot was caught between the two forklifts and fractured, and they had skin tear on their lower leg.
An employee was helping to dislodge a standup forklift that had a wheel stuck in the floor of a container that was being offloaded (the floor had given way). The employee wrapped a tow chain around the mast guard of a counterbalance forklift and hooked the chain to the wheel of the standup forklift. When the standup forklift dislodged and started to travel down the dock plate toward the slower counterbalance forklift, the right fork of the counterbalance forklift entered the cab space of the standup forklift striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the left leg below the knee.
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