DADEVILLE, ALABAMA·
KWANGSUNG AMERICA CORPORATION
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at KWANGSUNG AMERICA CORPORATION, 217 THWEATT INDUSTRIAL BLVD., DADEVILLE, ALABAMA 36853 on , Amputations, affecting the arm(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was carrying trash outside to the burning pit using a forklift. The forklift got stuck in the mud outside and the operator asked another forklift operator to pull the stuck forklift out of the mud. The second forklift was backing up to the stuck forklift to attach a chain. The injured employee was holding the chain and while the second forklift backed up and the employee's left arm was crushed between the two forklifts resulting in amputation of the arm.
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