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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023010967 · 1/31/2023 · Ward Trucking LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
Source
Bundles, bales
Secondary source
Bands

Employer

Name
Ward Trucking LLC
Location
599 Winks Ln, BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 19020
NAICS
484110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving bundles of metal channels off the forks of a forklift by hand to put on the dock floor. The banding broke and the employee's fingers were crushed between the floor and the bundle, resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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