Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U-PULL IT, INCORPORATED, 5703 S 60TH ST, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68117
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was being trained. The trainer was closing a heavy duty metal door, which requires a skid loader to close it. The trainer did not see the employee and pinched/pinned the employee's lower legs with the door. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedDoors, except garage and vehicle
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