Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amazon Sort Center, 462 Hazelwood Logistics Center Drive, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI 63042
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg went outside of the forklift and was pinned against a guardrail, fracturing his left ankle.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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