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 HEB, LP, 4750 Wendland Road, TEMPLE, TEXAS 76504
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up a stack of pallets with an electric jack. His hand was caught between the jack and the warehouse racking, causing a partial amputation of the left ring finger.
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