Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221378656

EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Dumpster, Finger, Fingertip, Forklift
NAICS
325211
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345461362
Employer profile
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP
Summary number
221378656
Report ID
0626000

Event description

Employee?s left index finger is amputated while dumping cont

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on July 23, 2021, Employee #1 was dumping the contents of a container elevated on forklift forks into a roll dumpster when the container pinched the employee's left index finger. The employee's left index finger was amputated. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

    Event type
    2

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