Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at QuikTrip Corporation, 41 Jackson Concourse, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA 30567
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking toward a dock when a forklift backed into him, knocking him over and backing over his right leg. The leg was injured and he was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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