Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SIMON & SCHUSTER, Inc., 100 Front Street, RIVERSIDE, NEW JERSEY 08075
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on a reach truck staging pallets. Another forklift struck the employee's lift, throwing him off and pinning his right leg against a pallet. His lower leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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