Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Latham Pool Products, Inc., 10600 West I-20 East, ODESSA, TEXAS 79765
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was being lowered on a forklift man basket when the hydraulic mechanism of the forklift pinched the employee's right pinky finger, amputating it at the top knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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