Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Amazon Air Hub (KAFW), 301 Intermodal Parkway, HASLET, TEXAS 76052
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading an aircraft with a unit loading vehicle (ULV). He was pulling the ULV when his left foot got caught between the ULV and a lock. The employee sustained a fractured left foot.
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