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Amputations

1 amputation · 2018010110 · 1/4/2018 · The Tri-M Group, LLC

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
Bending, crimping machines
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
The Tri-M Group, LLC
Location
305 Prescott Road, LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17042
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping to unload a conduit bending machine from his van onto a forklift. The weight of the forklift shifted, and his finger was caught between the forklift and the bender. He suffered a transphalangeal amputation of the right ring finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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