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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024054379 · 5/18/2024 · Transcat Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source
Vehicle and machine front attachments

Employer

Name
Transcat Inc.
Location
700 Ash Street, REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN, 53959
NAICS
811219
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was calibrating a 100-ton transfer rail using a forklift attachment referred to as an evener which was a metal lifting device. The employee was holding the evener up so that another employee could slide the forklift tines under the evener bar and lift the calibration blocks. During this process one of the forklift tines pinched the employee s right ring finger between the tine and the evener bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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