Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128817.015 - Employee amputates fingertip while pushing test weight onto

Accident Summary Nr: 128817.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 08/14/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1489124.015	08/20/2020		488119	Ground Services International Incorporated

Abstract: At 4:55 p.m. on August 14, 2020, an employee was maneuvering a 4,000 pound test weight onto an Altet Platform Loader with three coworkers. The employee was performing a daily test to check the calibration of the container sort platform scale (CSP). The employee caught his right index finger between the hand extension and the loader pillar resulting in a fingertip amputation and requiring medical treatment. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Airport, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Container, Containerized Cargo, Delivery Work, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Hand, Loader, Material Handling, PPE, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Platform, Test Equipment

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1489124.015	20	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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