KEARNY, NEW JERSEY—
R & L Carriers Shared Services, LLC
Contact with non-running objects or equipment unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to connect a set of double trailers when their left thumb became caught between the truck pintle hook and dolly, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb.
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