Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferguson, 11545 US Route 9W, COXSACKIE, NEW YORK 12051
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
At 7:08 p.m. on May 24, 2018, an employee was driving a pallet jack near the heavy pack conveyor. he stepped backward off of the moving pallet jack as it simultaneously veered towards the conveyor. The pallet jack struck the conveyor and pinned his left lower leg between the jack and the steel conveyor causing a severe laceration to his lower leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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