Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, 227 N. Quapah, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73107
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
A forklift operator had just finished loading a trailer and was trying to return a dock leveler machine to its neutral position. The flap remained extended; as he tried to close it with his right hand, the dock plate lowered and pinched his right middle finger in the flap pinch point. The fingertip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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