Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ICL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC, 8201 Idaho Ave., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63111
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was closing a loaded a trailer and activated the dock leveler control panel to retract the lip of the leveler. The lip did not fully retract and the employee attempted to pull the lip into the retracted position manually. The lip then extended, catching the employee's right middle finger and crushing it.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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