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 Philly Shipyard, Inc., 2100 Kitty Hawk Avenue, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19112
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift and picked up material from a shelf. While reversing the forklift, the employee's hand was crushed between a steel structure and the vehicle. The employee sustained a crush injury and laceration to the left hand.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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