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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015021427 · 2/16/2015 · Ergon Trucking, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
Source
Gates
Secondary source
Rollers

Employer

Name
Ergon Trucking, Inc.
Location
944 New Castle and Mercer Road, MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16137
NAICS
484220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employee was attempting to close a manually propelled gate associated with a fence system. The conditions were cold and icy. The weather conditions were making it difficult for him to close the gate. The employee had to get extra leverage on the gate to get it closed. He reached up around/near the gate's rollers as he applied extra leverage to the gate with his body. The gate suddenly gave way and the employee's finger became trapped in a pinch point created by the gate's roller and the horizontal bar the roller slides across. His fingertip was amputated by the pinch point between the roller and the bar.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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