Sysco USA I
2025-08-13 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
Final narrative
An employee stepped off his triple pallet jack to retrieve a case of product from a pick slot. When he turned around to place the case on his pallet jack, the pallet jack rolled and struck him, resulting in fractures to the L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae.
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