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 W.G. Tomko, Inc., 2559 State Rout 88, FINLEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 15332
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift near a metal shelving unit when the forklift slid on wet concrete toward the shelving. The employee's fingers were pinched between the shelving and the forklift roll cage, resulting in lacerations to the ring and little fingers.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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