Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valiant Integrated Services, 2180 11th Street, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA 71459
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping a forklift driver position the forks behind a vehicle to be picked up. The forks were raised, and the employee's right thumb was crushed between them and the vehicle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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