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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024076877 · 7/29/2024 · Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Nonroadway noncollision Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source
Bundles, bales

Employer

Name
Georgia Pacific Wood Products, LLC
Location
105 E SCR 25 Highway 28 W, TAYLORSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39168
NAICS
423310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift in reverse carrying five bundles of plywood. Upon applying the brakes, the top load shifted backward onto the top of the forklift cage and pinched the employee's the left middle fingertip against the forklift cage, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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