Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at John Soules Foods, Inc., 10150 FM 14, TYLER, TEXAS 75706
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift truck. His left hand was outside the cage area of forklift as he was moving parallel to a storage rack. He positioned his left hand on one of the rack beams and then slightly turned the truck with his right hand. The truck maneuvered at an angle, and the rear cage frame struck his left hand.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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