Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NORDAM Transparency Division, 7018 N. Lakewood Ave., TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74117
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was emptying a tilt hopper into a dumpster and released the lever dumping the trash into the dumpster. His left hand was resting on the fork and after the trash was emptied, the hopper rolled back and landed on his left little finger just below the nail bed resulting in an amputation.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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