Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jade Drug Company, 18923 Freeport Drive, MONTGOMERY, TEXAS 77356
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a reach truck and approached an aisle from the dock when the vehicle struck a rack. The employee's left thumb was caught between a part of the reach truck and the crossbeam of the aisle, resulting in an amputation to their left thumb.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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