Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) intersecting, turning · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VISTAR Mid-Atlantic, 1109 Commerce Boulevard, SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY 08085
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up reach truck. He was taking a small pallet of product through a dock area when another stand-up reach truck struck him. The steel forks punctured his lower right calf, also breaking a bone in the same area. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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