Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201496460 - Employee Amputates Thumb When Caught in Caterpillar Forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 201496460 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/02/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315074013	03/23/2012	0179	111336	Hamilton Ranches, Inc.

Abstract: On January 2, 2012, Employee #1, a truck driver/equipment operator, was loading a 40-ft open trailer with pecans using the Caterpillar forklift equipped with a hydraulic rotator attachment. The employee emptied the hopper and was lowering the forks, when the load stopped and he observed slack in the link belt causing the chain to come off the idler. Employee #1 left the operators seat and stepped onto the fender grasping the chain of the link type chain and idler reel on the carriage/mast section of the Caterpillar. The employee was taken to an area hospital, where his thumb was amputated. Employee was released after twenty-four hours.

Keywords: CHAIN, AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BY, DRIVER, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, THUMB, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, TRUCK, NIP POINT, TRAILER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315074013			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Farm workers

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