HOUSTON, TEXAS—
C & S Wholesale Grocers
Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at C & S Wholesale Grocers, 3100 Holcombe Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77021 on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was driving a small forklift down an aisle. The forklift went out of control, and his left foot and arm were pinned between it and a rack. He suffered fractures to the humerus and the foot.
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