Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at XPO Logistics, LLC, 16001 NW 48th Ave, MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA 33014
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attaching a dolly to his lead TRL when he slipped and his left pinky finger was caught between the front dolly and the TRL pintle hook.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedVehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
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