Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Resolve Marine Group, Inc., 2730 Claudia Lane, THEODORE, ALABAMA 36582
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was performing forklift/rigging operations (material handling) with a telescopic handler (telescoping forklift). While adjusting the forks on the handler, the employee's right index finger was caught in a pinch point between the adjustment box and the forks, lacerating and fracturing it. The finger was amputated down to the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
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