OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409824
BALL METALPACK (OAKDALE), LLC
OAKDALE, CA·
Event description
Employee Partially Amputates Finger When Dumping Scrap Metal
Investigation abstract
At 9:40 a.m. on October 15, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift to take a with his left hand it tipped and then bounced back, crushing his right hand between the forks and gondola. The employee sustained a partial amputation to his right pinky finger and received medical treatment for his injury without hospitalization. The employee stated that he had not received training on the use of the gondola attachment. bin of scrap metal to the recycling dumpster at a metal can manufacturing facility. Due to the weight distribution at the back of the gondola, it would not tip forward when the employee attempted to dump it into the recycling dumpster from the forklift. The employee exited the operator's seat and stood beside the forklift while operating the tilt forward control to dump the metal scrap gondola. When the gondola again failed to tip forward, the employee placed his left hand on the gondola to push it forward so it would tip over and his right hand in a pinch point of the forks. As the employee pushed the gondola
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 52 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 856
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