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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015021179 · 2/5/2015 · Performance Foodservice - Metro NY

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name
Performance Foodservice - Metro NY
Location
Publishers Clearing House, PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, 11050
NAICS
424490
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A helper began raising the powered dock plate. While the dock plate was in motion, the injured employee walked onto it and shut the trailer door. He slipped, and got his legs stuck between the dock plate and the back of trailer. While he pulled up on the plate to get if off his legs, he told the helper to pull the truck out to free him. When the truck was pulled forward, the plate snapped downward and severed the ends of the helper's left index and middle fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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