Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at F.W. Webb Company, 10 Webb Drive, LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03053
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was delivering a pallet of goods to a loading dock door using a powered stand-on pallet jack. His left big toe was crushed between a protective post at the edge of the door and the pallet jack. The toe was partially amputated.
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