OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221365794

LITHIA CHEVROLET BUICK GMC OF HELENA

HELENA, MT· 2021-06-24T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Automotive Repair, Barricade, Barrier, Barrier Guard, Caught Between, Concrete, Concrete Barrier, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Industrial Truck, Lack of Engineering Controls, Loading, Material Handling, Partial Amputation, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Surgical Amputation, Truck
NAICS: 811111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345383509
Employer profile: LITHIA CHEVROLET BUICK GMC OF HELENA
Summary number: 221365794
Report ID: 0830100

Event description

Employee crushes finger while loading barrier, later amputat

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on June 24, 2021, an employee working for an automotive shop was loading a concrete parking barrier onto the back of a service truck. The employee caught his finger caught between the load and the forklift fork. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed index finger, which was partially surgically amputated.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Event type
2

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