Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at All Terrain Tractor Service, Inc., Cape Canaveral AFS Office Trailer Complex Due South of ITL Warehouse Bldg #7051, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA 32920
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were swapping out a fork attachment for a bucket attachment on a loader. The locking pin got stuck. An employee used a piece of rebar to remove debris from the pin receiver; the pin dislodged quickly and his left ring and little fingers were caught between the pin and the receiver. He suffered amputations to both fingers.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedVehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
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