BRADENTON, FLORIDA—
Tropicana Products, Inc.
Roadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized after being hit by a forklift that was unloading boxes of pulp from a flatbed stationed in the roadway. The forklift backed up and ran over the employee's leg as he was leaving work, resulting in a fractured ankle and leg.
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