Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, 2086 Corporate Center Drive West, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA 18466
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a stand-up fork truck when his foot struck a guardrail and was broken.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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