DALLAS, TEXAS—
Sugaright, LLC
Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sugaright, LLC, 4000 Dan Morton Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS 75236 on — Fractures , affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift. The forklift began to slide during a right turn. As the employee tried to keep it from hitting a stairway, his left hand was caught between the frame of the forklift and the stair rail. The hand was broken.
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