Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified · Other traumatic injuries n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Newly Weds Foods LLC, 4125 FM 3417, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS 75455
on — Other traumatic injuries n.e.c., affecting the Body systems and other part(s) of body.
Final narrative
An employee got off a work platform to move empty pallets off the platform and onto the floor while a forklift driver was operating directly across from them and putting pallets up on an opposite platform. The forklift struck the employee as he was bringing down a pallet horizontally. The employee was pinned between the forklift and pallet, causing traumatic rhabdomyolysis to the employee's upper left thigh. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Body systems and other part(s) of body Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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