Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC, 410 Koch Drive Suite 200A, MORTON, MISSISSIPPI 39117
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple arm locations.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).
Hospitalized Multiple arm locations Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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