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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016077033 · 7/31/2016 · East Penn Manufacturing

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name
East Penn Manufacturing
Location
Deka Road, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
NAICS
335911
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was backing up the stacker truck with his left hand on the control lever when he pinched his left pinky finger between a rack and the stacker truck control lever resulting in the amputation of two-thirds of the pinky finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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