SEDALIA, MISSOURI—
TYSON POULTRY, INC.
Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was moving a cardboard tote of product using an electric pallet jack. After he turned a corner, he came in contact with a round metal bracket that holds a trash bag mounted to a pole. The pallet jack continued forward and his right hand got caught between the pole and the handle of the jack, resulting in an open fracture and crush injury to his thumb that required hospitalization and surgery.
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