Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Builders Installed Products of New York, LLC, 136 Tivoli Street, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12207
on — Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries, affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was closing a rear trailer door in the parking lot when they were struck by a forklift. The employee's lower left leg was crushed between the pallet on the forklift and the trailer. The employee sustained muscle damage to their lower leg.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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