Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Medline Industries, 494 State Route 416, MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK 12549
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was working to move a pallet jack that had gotten stuck between the dock and the trailer. When the equipment was loosened, it struck the employee, throwing them backward onto the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to their spleen and liver.
Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Pallet jack riding
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