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 Amazon.com, Inc., 705 Boulder Dr, BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 18031
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a high-reach forklift to move product when the employee's left thumb was caught and partially amputated between a section of racking and the forklift's support beam.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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