Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CB Manufacturing Company, Inc., 510 West Skelly Drive, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74107
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a riding pallet jack when it struck a charging station. The employee's leg was caught between the rack of the charging station and the pallet jack and fractured.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Pallet jack riding
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