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Amputations

1 amputation · 2023043051 · 4/6/2023 · COMMERCIAL FLOOR RESOURCES, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
COMMERCIAL FLOOR RESOURCES, LLC
Location
5220 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, HIRAM, GEORGIA, 30141
NAICS
423440
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee used a forklift to take a trash hopper to the dumpster. While driving back from the dumpster, the cord that had been used to open the hopper handle got caught under a wheel of the forklift causing the cord to tighten around the employee's left hand. The employee sustained amputation to the index, middle, and ring fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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