FORT WORTH, TEXAS—
FedEx
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FedEx, 2001 World Wide Drive, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76177 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was hitching two dollies. He placed his finger on the ring of one dolly; when he went to connect the other dolly, his right thumb was crushed between the ring and the tongue of the dollies.
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