Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FRITO-LAY, INC., 1200 Highway 247 S, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA 31047
on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was retrieving a pallet using a forklift. The employee stepped off the forklift to adjust a box. Before the employee returned to their own forklift, they were struck by a second forklift as it backed up. The employee's lower left leg was pinned between a pallet (carried by the second forklift) and the cab of their own forklift. They suffered multiple fractures to the lower leg.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered