Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GEO Heat Exchangers, LLC, 3650 Cypress Avenue, SAINT GABRIEL, LOUISIANA 70776
on , Fractures and surface, flesh wounds, affecting the trunk and other lower extremities.
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Final narrative
An employee was assisting a forklift driver by attaching the strap to a metal shell belonging to a heat exchanger. The employee was behind the forklift when it reversed and pinned them between the forklift and the metal shell. The employee suffered a laceration to the right thigh that required stitches, as well as fractures to the lower back.
HospitalizedTrunk and other lower extremitiesForklift, order picker, platform truck powered