Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at North Houston Pole Line Corp., 850 Aldine Mail Route, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77037
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was replacing a hydraulic lift cylinder on a forklift. As he unbolted the oil line, the second stage of the forklift began to drop, lacerating and crushing his finger between the frame and the second stage. He was hospitalized for surgery.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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