OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221396989

DHL EXPRESS (USA), INC.

LOS ANGELES, CA· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Connecting, Delivery Work, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Material Handling, Package Delivery, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 481112
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345554554
Employer profile: DHL EXPRESS (USA), INC.
Summary number: 221396989
Report ID: 0950641

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip when caught between the two dol

Investigation abstract

At 3:24 a.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a delivery service was trying to link two dollies together. The dollies are pulled by a tug connected to a chain. The employee caught his left index finger between the two dollies. He was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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