Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WALMART LOGISTICS, 5100 BROOKHEART DRIVE, HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI 64701
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was driving a powered pallet jack out of the cold storage room. As he was pulling out, a second motorized pallet jack approached from his left and struck his equipment. He attempted to stop the other equipment using his foot. His left big toe was pinched between the mast areas of the two pallet jacks and had to be amputated at the hospital.
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