Struck by other falling object n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, 3740 N Austin St, SEGUIN, TEXAS 78155
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
An employee positioned a pallet jack under a mobile TV stand to lift the stand and then clean the wheels. As the employee raised the pallet jack, the TV stand fell forward toward the handle of the pallet jack. The employee went to catch the TV stand and their right thumb became caught between the TV mount frame and the pallet jack, resulting in amputation.
Amputation Thumb(s) Tables, desks, work surfaces
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