Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at 48FORTY SOLUTIONS, LLC, 1555 Melbourne Avenue, HAINES CITY, FLORIDA 33844
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was dumping trash into a raised-top trailer using a forklift. The forklift's mast got stuck in the air. The employee tried to free it. When the mast came loose, the mast chain in the lift pulled the employee's right hand into a chain and sprocket. Three of the employee's fingers were amputated.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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