MIAMI, FLORIDA—
Estes Express Lines Corp.
Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified · Strains
Final narrative
An employee was loading pallets of merchandise inside a parked trailer using a forklift. An operator attached his mule to the parked trailer and drove about 10 to 15 feet from the bay deck at the same time as the forklift operator was placing a pallet of merchandise inside the trailer. The employee and the forklift fell to the ground and the employee was hospitalized for a back strain.
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