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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015010874 · 1/27/2015 · Wohlsen Construction Company

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Boxes, crates, cartons

Employer

Name
Wohlsen Construction Company
Location
1200 Tel Hai Circle, HONEY BROOK, PENNSYLVANIA, 19344
NAICS
236116
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On January 26, 2015, at approximately 8:06 a.m., at the Tel Hai Retirement Community, the worker sustained a partial amputation. At the time of the incident, workers were using a forklift truck to lift a job box (metal box) onto the upper level. While taking the job box off of the forklift truck, the worker's hand was pinched between the forklift truck and the job box. He was taken to Brandywine Hospital Emergency Outpatient. He sustained a bone fracture and partial amputation of his right fourth finger, distal phalanx, distal tuft, with a loss of overlaying soft tissue. He was treated and discharged.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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