Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125500801 - Louisiana Pacific Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office

Investigation Summary

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