OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201453
TRAPPE PACKING CORP
TRAPPE, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER AMPUTATED DURING FORKLIFT REPAIR
Investigation abstract
At about 8:00 a.m., Employee #1, a maintenance man, and Employee #2, a mechanic, ack, came down on his hand, and amputated the end of his middle finger. Employee #1 was flown to University Hospital. His finger was re-attached. at Trappe Packing Corporation, put an Allis Chalmers forklift, Model FP40-242PS , serial number 65820, on a ramp to repair a leaking seal at the bottom of the c ylinder. Blocking the wheels of the forklift, they raised the carriage and block ed it. At 11:30 a.m., Employee #2 left the job site to get new parts, which he w as unable to procure. Lacking new parts, Employee #2 returned and instructed Emp loyee #1 to re-install the old parts. Though the forklift and carriage remained blocked, Employee #1 jacked-up the slider for ease of installation. As Employee #1 was re-installing the parts and tightening them, the slider slipped off the j
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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