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Accident: 142875.015 - Employee Crushes And Partially Amputates Finger Between Fork
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1573368.015 | 01/19/2022 | Trumbull-Nelson Construction Company, Inc. |
At 2:00 p.m. on January 14, 2022, an employee was operating a forklift while att empting to dump a trash bin into a larger roll-off dumpster at a residential con struction site. The trash bin was attached to the forks of the forklift, and whe n the employee released the latch on the trash bin and pushed it over to dump it , the bin rolled forward and then came backwards quickly. When the bin rolled f orward, it pinched and crushed the employee's hand between the bin and the fork of the forklift. The employee suffered a partial amputation of their left pinky , and required medical treatment without hospitalization.
Keywords:
amputated, amputation, caught between, crushed, crushing, dumpster, finger, forklift, operating, partial amputation, pinched, residential construction
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 2 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1573368.015 | 62 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Supervisors; carpenters and related workers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: |