Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CooperVision Inc, 180 Thruway Park Drive, WEST HENRIETTA, NEW YORK 14586
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was replenishing trays of finished product using an order picker truck. As he was moving toward the end of a narrow aisle, his right index finger was pinched between the outside anchor bar/overhead guard and the bottom of the overhead crossover bars that connected and stabilized the racking in the aisle. He suffered a fracture and an amputation to the tip of the finger.
AmputationFingertip(s)Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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