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 Mondelez International, 3111 Woodridge Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77087
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack in a back room. While he was trying to retrieve some product, his thumb was lacerated between two pallet jacks. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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