OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423098

STG LOGISTICS, INC.

CARSON, CA· 2021-08-18T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Concrete Floor, Crate, Crushed, Falling Object, Finger, Fingertip, Fracture, Hand, Ind Trk Operator, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Warehouse
NAICS: 541614
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345501209
Employer profile: STG LOGISTICS, INC.
Summary number: 221423098
Report ID: 0950635

Event description

Employee amputates, fractures fingertip when flipping wood c

Investigation abstract

At 9:35 a.m. on August 18, 2021, an employee was working as a forklift driver for a warehousing and distribution service. The employee was helping coworkers flip a 10-foot-long wooden crate on its side so they could scan a label. While the employee was flipping the crate, it slipped and landed on his left hand. Two coworkers flipping the crate with the employee witnessed the incident. Another coworker, the immediate supervisor who served as the floor/operations manager, was onsite and at his desk at the back of the building at the time. The employee was hospitalized for one day to treat fractures to his ring and middle fingers and an amputated middle fingertip.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
856

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