OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422173

KENCO LOGISTICS SERVICES

CHINO, CA· 2021-06-22T00:00:00

Event: Attachment, Avulsion, Caught Between, Changing, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Hand, Industrial Truck, Inexperience, Laceration, Lost Control, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Training, Unstable Load, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 484110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345442073
Employer profile: KENCO LOGISTICS SERVICES
Summary number: 221422173
Report ID: 0950644

Event description

Employee lacerates finger when caught between falling fork a

Investigation abstract

At 8:40 a.m. on June 22, 2021, an employee working as a forklift (PIV) operator for a trucking company was removing the forks on a PIV to affix a different attachment. The employee removed the first fork and placed it on a wooden pallet. When the employee removed the second fork he lost his grip and it fell. The employee caught his right middle finger between the falling fork and the wooden pallet. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a partial avulsion to his finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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