Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE, 8301 HWY. 521, SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA 29590
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was trying to lift a dock plate when a truck backed into the dock plate gate, pinching his left ring finger in a gate hinge and amputating his fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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