Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tenneco Inc., 6420 John Glenn Hwy, CAMBRIDGE, OHIO 43725
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift when his right forearm/wrist/hand was pinched between a wall and a junction box. He suffered a cut to the forearm that required two stitches and a muscle injury to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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