OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418262

DIXIE LAND ENERGY, LLC

STRASBURG, PA· 2021-12-01T00:00:00

Event: Caught Between, Crushed, Finger, Forklift, Fracture, Heat Exchanger, Installing, Pallet, Rafter, Rail, Warehouse
NAICS: 454310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345681043
Employer profile: DIXIE LAND ENERGY, LLC
Summary number: 221418262
Report ID: 0316700
Project type: E
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee fractures finger when caught between rail and beam

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on December 1, 2021, an employee was being lifted on the skid of a forklift to install a hanging heater in a warehouse. The employee was holding on to the rail of the forklift and watching the heater when his hand got caught between the rail and a rafter. The employee was hospitalized to treat a right index finger fracture.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7010

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