Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CBRE/GSK Account, 709 Swedeland Road, KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
As an employee exited the lab, he lost footing on a slippery floor. His left pinky finger got caught in the door jam as the door closed and his finger was amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Doors, except garage and vehicle
An employee was doing a repair in an office building. He was closing a bank vault door when his right index finger became caught between the door and the door frame resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.
On December 11, 2023, an employee was transporting equipment for demolition tasks and waiting for the superintendent to open the door. The door closed and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 541219)
On November 13, 2018, Cleargage employees developed symptoms such as nausea and respiratory distress the day after an indoor fountain had been waterproofed. One employee was hospitalized for observation and given oxygen.
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.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.