GROVE CITY, OHIO—
Amerit Fleet Solutions
Pedestrian incidents involving motorized land vehicles, n.e.c. · Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
Final narrative
The injured employee was securing a dolly to the back of a shop switcher (vehicle). The employee was closing the pintle hook on the dolly when the vehicle began driving. The injured employee was caught in the pintle, resulting in an amputation to their thumb without bone loss.
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