Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at XPO Logistics Freight Inc., 5289 Duff Drive, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45201
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Wrist(s) and arm(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee finished loading a trailer and needed a strap to secure the freight. He drove his forklift down the dock to the next sector to get a strap from another trailer. He picked up the strap and was driving back to the loaded trailer when the strap got caught under the forklift's tires. The strap was pulled from his hand and skin was removed from his right arm. He also sustained a contusion and an open wound down his right arm and wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Wrist(s) and arm(s) n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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