Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Idahoan Foods, 6210 N. River Road, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO 83402
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
Two forklift drivers were stopped next to each other and were talking. The injured employee leaned out of their forklift as the other forklift was leaving and they became pinned between the two forklifts. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and a lacerated lung.
Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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