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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017109496 · 10/3/2017 · Veeco Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source
Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Veeco Services
Location
6801 West Side Ave., NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, 07047
NAICS
484121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was holding the lip of a dock plate open just before it was lowered into position on a shipping container when the employee's left hand became trapped between the lip of the dock plate and the rear floor of the shipping container. His middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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