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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076671 · 7/18/2017 · Tradewell Pallet Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Tradewell Pallet Inc
Location
22801 Fairview Rd, GRETNA, NEBRASKA, 68028
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift to transport a dumpster full of wood scrap to a scrap pile. When he hit the trip lever to tip the dumpster forward, the bar came up and pinched his left-hand fingers between it and a forklift fork. His left middle and ring fingers were crushed and lacerated, and his ring finger had to be surgically amputated to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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