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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016109595 · 10/11/2016 · Scioto Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source
Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Scioto Services
Location
6125 Urbana Road, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45502
NAICS
561740
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was emptying trash into a compactor using a 1/2-ton tilt truck. He attempted to lift and dump the tilt truck up and over the compactor's gate bar when it fell. As he grabbed the bottom stabilizer bar, it caught and partially amputated his right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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