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 Amazon TEB6, 22 Hightstown-Cranbury Staion Road, CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY 08512
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
A forklift operator's left leg was pinned between the forklift and a racking system.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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