Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316667849 - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 10:45 a.m. on September 7, 2012, Employee #1 was operating a walking forklift in the body shop shipping area. Employee #1 was trying to unload a construction panel on an existing stack. Employee #1 was manuevering the load on the forklift forward with the controls, and had his right little finger outside the yoke of the controls. When Employee #1 turned the forklift at a right angle, he pinched the tip of his right finger between the metal controls and the edge of the wooden table of the saw work station. Employee #1 was taken to a medical facility, and was diagnosed with a laceration and later diagnosed with a crushed bone tip. Employee #1 had surgery and his right small index tip and bone were amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, PANEL, FINGER, HEALTH CARE FACILITY, SAW, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, HAND