BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
Kawneer Company, Inc.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kawneer Company, Inc., 500 E 12th St, BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17815 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a forklift with a hopper, dumping aluminum extrusion scrap. The employee had driven into a trailer to dump a load of scrap, then left the forklift cab and released the dump on the hopper so the material could be dumped forward into the trailer. The hopper moved back toward the forklift and caught the employee's left ring finger against the forks. The finger was partially amputated.
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