Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tension Envelope Corporation , 819 E 19TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64108
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a riding mule to move stock when he hit a bump and jammed his right hand and wrist on the handle bar. His hand later became swollen due to a possible infection, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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