Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc., 6330 Nita Way, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77523
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift. During a turn, her left arm was caught against a storage rack and broken. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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