OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404205

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

HODGKINS, IL· 2021-05-21T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Container, Containerized Cargo, Crushed, Delivery Work, Finger, Hammer, Hand, Hand Tool, Instantaneous amputation, Knuckle, Lack of Work Procedures, Metal container, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Package Delivery, Partial Amputation, Pin, Traumatic Amputation, Truck, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load
NAICS: 492110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345336226
Employer profile: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
Summary number: 221404205
Report ID: 0521700

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger under falling container

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee working as a truck driver for a parcel delivery service was standing outside his truck. The employee was using a hammer to strike a pin on the chassis when a 20-thousand-pound, 53-foot container box fell onto his left hand. The employee was transported to the local hospital and was hospitalized to treat a crushed pinky finger resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 68 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
805

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