Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Capstone Logistics, 63331 Old Military Road, PEARL RIVER, LOUISIANA 70452
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a pallet jack when the jack struck a metal storage rack and the employee's left calf was lacerated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
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