Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Two Men and a Truck, 3559 Belgium Lane, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78219
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing at ground level next to the loading dock that had a manual docking plate attached. As the docking plate was opening, the employee's finger was caught in the mechanism, resulting in a partial amputation of the left middle finger.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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