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 FHI, LLC, FHI - Operating out of MItchell Grocery, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA 35950
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to retrieve a small stack of pallets using a front rider pallet jack. As the employee was reversing to exit the rack storing the pallets, the pallet jack s front lift control box caught on a rack beam. The employee s left index finger was caught between the lift box and the rack beam, and the fingertip was amputated.
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