Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420854

LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Dock, Finger, Fingertip, Forklift, Hand, Knuckle, Pit
NAICS
325992
Inspection type
Planned
Activity number
#345402408
Employer profile
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC
Summary number
221420854
Report ID
0830500

Event description

Employee amputates finger while adjusting dock board on fork

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on June 27, 2021, Employee #1 was attempting to center a dock board on his forklift. He lifted the dock board with the forklift and tried to move it by hand on the forks. The dock board teetered and crushed his left ring finger between the dock board and the forklift forks. The employee sustained an amputation of his left ring finger at the first knuckle. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M

    Event type
    2

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