Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pusterla US, Inc., 58 Browne Street, ONEONTA, NEW YORK 13820
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
Employees were unloading a box truck using a stand-up lift with pallet fork extenders. As the stand-up lift traveled up an incline, it struck a parked sit-down lift and the injured employee's left ankle was pinched between the lifts, resulting in lacerations and an ankle fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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