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 Woodman's Food Market, Inc. , 151 Hansen Blvd., AURORA, ILLINOIS 60506
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While driving a sit-down forklift, an employee backed up into a rack, suffering an amputation to the left index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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