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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019010532 · 1/16/2019 · XPO Logistics

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
XPO Logistics
Location
2580 Old Route 15, NEW COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17856
NAICS
484122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload trailers. His hand was under the protected forklift cage as he leaned onto the controls that lowered the boom. His left hand was then caught between the boom and the mast, causing a laceration and three broken bones in his hand. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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