Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VM Innovations, Inc., 3400 Industrial Rd, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17110
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee received left index, middle, and ring finger amputations above the middle knuckle when his hand was crushed between a dock plate and the forklift frame. The forklift had fallen between the dock plate and the trailer when the truck pulled away from the dock.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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An employee was using a powered pallet jack to move a fixture. His leg became caught between the pallet jack and the fixture and he fell on the same level, resulting in a fractured left fibula.
An employee was operating a forklift in a warehouse when it began to slide. The forklift was unable to gain traction on the floor that was wet from rain and it slid out of the building and onto the employee's foot. The employee sustained a crush injury to the right foot.
An employee was driving an ATV on a private roadway to respond to a well control event. The employee lost control of the ATV and used their left leg to try and prevent the ATV from flipping over. The employee's left leg was fractured.
An employee had just retrieved a roll of packing dunnage. The employee tripped while stepping off a pallet, fell to the concrete floor, and suffered a broken right hip.
An employee was carrying a box of blinds (approximately 36 pounds and 6 feet long) down a small flight of exterior concrete stairs at the customer s preferred delivery location. He fell down the last two steps to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a dislocation of his right knee and a torn patellar tendon, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack (EPJ) and making a U-turn when they became caught between the pallet jack and racking. The front part of their foot was pinned between the racking corner guard and the EPJ platform. The employee sustained lacerated tendons to the right big toe that required surgery.
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An employee was adjusting a set of retractable (manual) conveyor rollers. The employee's hands were under the rollers when the rollers were pushed toward him. His fingers were caught in a pinch point, resulting in the amputation of his left index finger at the first knuckle.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
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