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.DEDC LLC, 808 Hog Mountain Rd., JEFFERSON, GEORGIA 30549
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee operating a powered industrial vehicle stopped and leaned out of the operating compartment to scan a product with a scan gun. Her left hand made contact with the truck's operating controls which caused it to move. She sustained a partial amputation to her left finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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