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Accident Summary Nr: 140688.015 - Employee amputates finger when caught between forklift and r

Accident Summary Nr: 140688.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 10/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1561080.015	10/29/2021		424410	Bj'S Wholesale Club, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 a.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee was operating forklift, pulling down a pallet from a steel rack when she got startled by a light bulb that fell from a light fixture and struck the forklift. The employee jerked the control handle and caught her hand between the forklift cabin and the steel rack. Employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of her left pinky finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Control Lever, Crushed, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Lift operator , Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pulling, Storage Rack, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1561080.015	47	F	Non Hospitalized injury

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