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Accident Summary Nr: 123149.015 - Employee crushes finger when caught between forklift mast an

Accident Summary Nr: 123149.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 07/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424583.015	08/21/2019		111211	Quail H. Farms Llc

Abstract: At 4:14 p.m. on July 15, 2019, an employee was operating a forklift dumping a bin of waste sweet potatoes inside a trailer when the chain of the mast came off of the pulley and jammed the mast approximarely 10 feet from the ground. A coworker lifted the employee up while he attempted to put the chain back on the pully and when the mast came back down his right index finger was in the way. The employee crushed his finger and required surgery and hospitalization.

Keywords: Agriculture, Caught Between, Chain, Crushed, Cut, Farm, Finger, Food Handling, Forklift, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laceration, Malfunction, Mast, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Off Loading, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Pulley, Repair

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1424583.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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