Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eissmann Automotive North America, Inc., 599 Ed Gardner Drive , PELL CITY, ALABAMA 35125
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
The employee was driving a forklift and pinched their right hand on the warehouse rack resulting in an amputation injury to the right middle finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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