Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Apex Aluminum Die Casting Co., Inc., 8877 Sherry Dr., PIQUA, OHIO 45356
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to load a truck. They opened the dock door and were putting the dock plate in place, using their foot to push the plate down. The employee tripped and their right hand became caught in the hinge of the dock plate. Their middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Loading docks, dock plates
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