Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170380802 - Employee's fingertip crushed between lift's forks and spacer

Accident Summary Nr: 170380802 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/15/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125500801	11/15/1995	2499	0	Louisiana Pacific Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was stacking units (91 lb per unit) of lumber for shipment. He was inside the cab of a forklift, reaching through the mast to adjust a spacer, when his left index finger became caught between the forks and a spacer. The fingertip was crushed and was later surgically amputated. The causal factor was the inappropriate method used by the employee to move the spacer. Employee #1 was a six-year tenured employee at a lumber mill and he had received training on forklift operation safety.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, IND TRK OPERATOR, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MILL--PLANT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125500801			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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