Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Steelcase, 68 Green Mountain Road, HAZLE TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA 18202
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was putting away chairs that were tied together with nylon rope using a riding pallet jack. While driving, the nylon rope became caught on a nearby pallet and tightened, amputating their left index fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Pallet jack riding
The injured employee had been operating a forklift on a dock. He went to push another forklift with his forklift and a portion of the forklift entered the operator compartment. He sustained a fracture to his left foot/ankle.
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