OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418627
PRL ALUMINUM INC.
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA·
Event description
Employee's thumb is crushed by rack
Investigation abstract
At 4:20 a.m. on November 16, 2021, an employee was assisting a coworker to move a 24-foot rack that was placed on a wooden block. As the employee was moving the wooden block, a coworker used a forklift to move the rack up and a to the left before unknowingly placing it back down on the employee's right thumb. The employee's thumb was crushed and permanently disfigured, and the employee was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 755
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