Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at East Penn Manufacturing Company, 102 Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA 19536
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift when it collided with another forklift at an intersection. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg from a rack of battery plates on the forks of the other truck.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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