Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201493467 - Employee's Fingers Crushed By Dump Bin

Accident Summary Nr: 201493467 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/15/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312914690	04/20/2010	0723	115114	Klink Citrus Association

Abstract: On February 15, 2010 at approximately 5:30 pm, Employee #1, an industrial truck operator with Klink Citrus Association, sustained a partial multiple finger amputation while in the course of his normal duties as a forklift operator. Employee #1 was emptying waste citrus product out of a tilt dumpster. After the dumpster was emptied, Employee #1 got off the forklift and manually pushed the dumpster back into the loading position. As the dumpster was rotating back, the employee's fingers were crushed between the dumpster and the fork rails of the dumpster.

Keywords: FINGER, DUMPSTER, CRUSHED, LACERATION, TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312914690			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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