Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alliance Ground International, LLC, 9130 S DADELAND BLVD, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33156
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A truck driver was assisting a forklift operator secure cargo onto a flatbed trailer. He was setting a locking pin when the cargo pallet slid back and pinned the tip of his right thumb against the pin. Flesh was removed from his thumb, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was unloading two pallet jacks off a truck. While unloading one of the pallet jacks, it unexpectedly surged in reverse, pinching the employee's foot between the pallet jack in use and the tines of the pallet jack that had been removed from the truck first. The employee suffered a fractured foot.
An employee was closing a dock door that was propped open with a board. As the employee removed the board, the door fell and struck them. Their ankle was dislocated and they sustained an injury to the right leg that required hospitalization.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
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