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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 20231110141 · 11/2/2023 · ICL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name
ICL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC
Location
8201 Idaho Ave., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63111
NAICS
325320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was closing a loaded a trailer and activated the dock leveler control panel to retract the lip of the leveler. The lip did not fully retract and the employee attempted to pull the lip into the retracted position manually. The lip then extended, catching the employee's right middle finger and crushing it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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