WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS·2017-04-23

Visual Pak dba American Blending & Filling

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Crushing injuries

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Visual Pak dba American Blending & Filling, 3505 Birchwood, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 60085 on 2017-04-23, Crushing injuries, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

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Final narrative

An employee was using a standing forklift to remove material from a weighing area and place it back on its rack. As he was reversing the forklift, he was about to strike the rack behind him and put his hand up to protect himself. His left hand was then crushed between the forklift frame and the metal frame of the rack.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

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