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Accident Summary Nr: 202530861 - Employee's Finger Is Amputated in Forklift Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 202530861 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 10/30/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313644288	12/01/2011	7361	561311	Staffing Systems Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 30, 2011, Employee #1, a contracted employee working at a site in Carson, CA, was offloading a specialty trailer, using a sit-down industrial truck (Toyota Model Number 7FGCU25; Serial Number 89469). As Employee #1 stepped on the accelerator, the attached strap quickly loosened, pulled on Employee #1's right hand, and caused his hand to strike the industrial truck frame. Emergency response personnel transported Employee #1 to Harbor UCLA Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for an amputated right middle finger and lacerated right hand. Staffing Systems, Inc., in Whittier, CA, notified the Division about the injury at approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 30, 2011.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, OFF LOADING, TRAILER, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313644288			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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