Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Great Dane Trailers, 6710 E Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33619
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee removed a semi-refrigeration unit from the semi-trailer to repair it. After repair, the employee was putting it back on the semi-trailer, but the bolts did not line up. As the employee tried to adjust the bolts, his left index finger was caught between the refrigeration unit and the semi-trailer resulting in amputation of his nail and a quarter inch of his finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
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While an employee was making an adjustment on the rivet squeezers, the machine actuated and caused an amputation of the right thumb proximal to the nail bed.
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An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
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