Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Defense Commissary Agency, GUAM NAVAL BASE PSC 455, SANTA RITA, GUAM 96540
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a shipping container. A portable loading ramp was being moved into place when it fell off the forklift and landed on the employee's foot. The steel cap of his steel-toed boots was crushed against his toes, resulting in medical amputation of four toes.
HospitalizedAmputationToes(s), toenail(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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