Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120549.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between scrap and hopp

Accident Summary Nr: 120549.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 09/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435870.015	10/09/2019		332114	Ltc Roll & Engineering

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on September 21, 2019, a employee who worked for a custom roll forming manufacturer was emptying a scrap hopper. The hopper was sitting on the forks of a Mitsubishi powered industrial truck at the time when it fell off the forks. The hopper landed on the employee's hand pinching his index finger between the scrap and the hopper. He partially amputated his finger to the first knuckle, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Hand, Hopper, Inexperience, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1435870.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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