Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113897.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between rack and palle

Accident Summary Nr: 113897.015 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 02/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1380695.015	02/25/2019		493110	Food City Distribution Center

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on February 23, 2019, an employee clocked in to begin work the shift. The employee was retrieving a motorized pallet jack, Yale - motorized pallet jack, from charging station area. Then, the pallet jack struck a metal storage rack pining employee's right small finger between the rack and the pallet jack handle. The finger was almost completely amputated when caught between the rack and pallet jack handle. The employee was hospitalized, and the finger had to be surgically amputated because it could not be saved.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Jack, Pallet

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1380695.015	35	F	Hospitalized injury		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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