Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Great Lakes Cheese of Wisconsin, Inc., 2602 County Road PP, PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN 53073
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c..
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Final narrative
At about 12:45 p.m. on July 8, 2025, an employee was struck by a reversing three-wheeled, sit-down forklift while pulling a cart and walking backward. The employee suffered a broken bone in the right foot near the little toe and abrasions to the left leg.
Hospitalized Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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