Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at O&K AUTO CARE CORP. , 1910 Hudson Bridge Road, STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA 30281
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
On 11/21/2016, an employee and his supervisor were washing a vehicle together on a track. When the supervisor turned on the track to begin moving the vehicle, the employee was still washing the rim. As soon as the rollers popped up, the moving wheel of the car lacerated the employee's right-hand finger and amputated it at the first joint. PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.
An employee was going to fill a pallet with items from the warehouse. He was reaching for the handle of the pallet jack but unintentionally grabbed the throttle, causing the pallet jack to move and pin him against another pallet jack. The employee sustained a leg fracture.
An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.
The injured employee was operating an elevator at a construction site. He went from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor with a plumber and a scissor lift in the elevator. The plumber was using a remote to operate the scissor lift. As the scissor lift was exiting the elevator, a pipe that was on the scissor lift struck the injured employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was dismantling the engine from a vehicle. The vehicle slid off the loader and struck the employee, pushing him into his toolbox. The employee sustained a broken jaw.
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