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Accident Summary Nr: 100400.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between forklift and a

Accident Summary Nr: 100400.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 10/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1274620.015	10/30/2017		423840	Distribution International, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:30 p.m. on October 25, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that wholesaled industrial supplies. He was operating a forklift. He was backing up the forklift and the forklift hit a metal rack. His finger was between the forklift and the rack. He sustained the amputation of the little finger on his right hand below the fingertip and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Backing Up, Caught Between, Finger, Ind Trk Operator, Industrial Truck, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Storage Rack

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1274620.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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