Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143650.015 - Employee amputates finger in pinch point

Accident Summary Nr: 143650.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 02/06/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1577759.015	02/09/2022		325998	Westlake Chemical Corporation

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on February 6, 2022, an employee was operating a sit-down lift truck wit a load being dumped from a tilt dumpster attached to the lift. The employee's finger was caught between a support cross brace of the tilt dumpster and a fork of the lift truck, as the load was being dumped. The employee amputated his left index finger and was treated without requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Dumpster, Finger, Forklift, Operating, Pinched

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1577759.015	21	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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