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 Emerson Tool Company, 800 E Capote Central Avenue, PHARR, TEXAS 78577
on — Amputations, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was using a reach truck to store material on a rack. The employee was standing on the forklift and the employee's left foot was caught between the frame of the forklift and the rack resulting in a crushing injury. The left foot was surgically amputated.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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