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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021075649 · 7/9/2021 · Worldwide Flight Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Skids, pallets
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Worldwide Flight Services
Location
1640 West 23rd Street, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, 76051
NAICS
488190
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee raised a pallet with his forklift in order to record information written on the pallet. While he was recording the information, the pallet slipped off the forklift's tines and crushed his finger. The finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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