UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.
2025-08-30 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Final narrative
On August 30, 2025, an employee was operating an electric double-pallet jack. He was coming out of the new extension through the separation curtains when his pallet jack struck an electric forklift. The forklift landed on the employee's right foot, fracturing the big toe and second toe.
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