SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY—
VISTAR Mid-Atlantic
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) intersecting, turning · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up reach truck. He was taking a small pallet of product through a dock area when another stand-up reach truck struck him. The steel forks punctured his lower right calf, also breaking a bone in the same area. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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