HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA—
Auto Zone Distribution Center
Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
On Monday, February 8, 2016, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was operating a double rider (powered industrial truck). She pressed the wrong button and moved the truck forward instead of backwards, and she was pinned between the truck and a rack upright. She fractured her pelvis and was hospitalized.
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