Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PIPING TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS INC., 3701 HOLMES ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77051
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was spotting for a forklift driver. His left hand was caught and crushed between the forklift's mast and a crate. Four of the fingers were injured and required surgery.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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