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Accident Summary Nr: 14277149 - AMPUTATION OF TOES WHEN RIDING MATERIAL HOIST.

Accident Summary Nr: 14277149 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 09/19/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
915132	09/20/1984	2282	0	Acs Industries Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A FLOOR BOY, AFTER LOADING HAND TRUCKS ON A VERTICAL RECIPROCATING CONVEYOR PLATFORM, BOARDED THE LOAD CARRYING ELEMENT (PLATFORM) OF THE VERTICAL CONVEYOR EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A "NO RIDERS" SIGN POSTED ON THE GATE. WHILE RIDING THE PLATFORM BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR, HIS FOOT, WHICH PROTRUDED OVER THE PLATFORM EDGE, WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOVING PLATFORM AND A STEEL "HIP" THAT PROTRUDES FROM THE THIRD FLOOR LANDING. THE TOES ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WERE DAMAGED. THE BIG TOE WAS AMPUTATED AND THE NEXT TWO PARTIALLY AMPUTATED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IMMEDIATELY HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, HOIST, CONVEYOR, MECH MAT HANDLING, TOE, VERTICAL CONVEYOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	915132			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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