Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Husqvarna Forestry Products North America Inc, 1577 US 371, NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 71852
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee and a coworker were picking up supplies from a local supplier in a truck. The dock plate at the local supplier did not engage properly. Both workers got out and were trying to fix the dock plate when it came down on and amputated the injured employee's right index fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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