OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385206

METRO EXPRESS SERVICES INC

HOWARD BEACH, NY· 2021-08-20T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Door, Finger, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Road, Traumatic Amputation, Truck
NAICS: 488490
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345497127
Employer profile: METRO EXPRESS SERVICES INC
Summary number: 221385206
Report ID: 0215600

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught in door exiting truck

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on August 20, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a roadway maintenance support company was driving to a work site. The employee was preparing to measure a line being laid down and needed to count the chevrons. As the employee exited his work truck, he closed the door on his right middle finger. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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