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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025043361 · 4/10/2025 · FRITO-LAY, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
FRITO-LAY, INC.
Location
1200 Highway 247 S, KATHLEEN, GEORGIA, 31047
NAICS
311919
Jurisdiction
1

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.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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