Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HEB Grocery Company, LP, 2045 S Foster Rd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78222
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working in a warehouse when their foot was pinned between a forklift and a rack support system.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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