Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., 45 Prospect Ave, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12206
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift in the warehouse. The forklift drove over a piece wood and the employee's foot became pinned between the forklift and a wall. The employee's foot was crushed.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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