Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124657.015 - Employee partially amputates two fingers when pinched by coi

Accident Summary Nr: 124657.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1445274.015	11/15/2019		331221	Westcoast Steel And Processing

Abstract: At 9:20 a.m. on October 22, 2019, an employee working in the packaging department for a steel and metals distributor was operating a forklift stacking rolls of coils on a pallet. After stacking the rolls the employee then aligned the rolls with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped as the employee attempted to adjust the wooden spacers between the coils. The employee pinched his fingers between the wooden spacers and the coil. The employee partially amputated his thumb and index finger and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pry Bar, Roll, Slip, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1445274.015	43	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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