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Amputations

1 amputation · 2019021329 · 2/5/2019 · Mark West Energy Partners

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Pallet jack-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Mark West Energy Partners
Location
1700 Majorsville Road, DALLAS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26036
NAICS
211112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance technician was using a pallet jack to move blast doors when his right middle finger was caught in the pinch point created by the moving pallet jack handle resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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