Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PEPSICO, 3615 19th Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79410
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to make a delivery and was operating the dock gate that goes in the trailer. The employee was pulling up the dock plate and moving it forward when the employee's left middle finger got caught between the dock plate and trailer. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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