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 GREAT LAKES COLD STORAGE, 6531 COCHRAN RD, SOLON, OHIO 44139
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
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Final narrative
An employee driving a pallet jack entered the rail dock through the overhead door from the expansion dock. He began traveling east on the rail dock and the pallet jack ran into a barrier pole that protects a door on the rail dock. His foot was caught between the pallet jack and the barrier pole. He sustained a crushing injury to the left foot resulting in amputations to the tips of two toes. He was wearing safety toe boots at the time.
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