← OSHA severe injury reports

Amputations

1 amputation · 2016010776 · 1/27/2016 · Tomra NY Recycling, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Tomra NY Recycling, LLC
Location
31 Opus Boulevard, ROTTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12306
NAICS
562920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee saw a pallet fall off a forklift into a bin where it did not belong. He left his forklift and went over to the other forklift. He rode the forks of the forklift to a 6- to 8-foot high elevation and retrieved the pallet. As he was riding the forks down, his right-hand ring fingertip became trapped and was amputated between the mast and the rack of the forklift.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown