Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221423304

DREXEL CHEMICAL COMPANY

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Fingertip, Forklift, Partial Amputation, Pinched
NAICS
325320
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345705420
Employer profile
DREXEL CHEMICAL COMPANY
Summary number
221423304
Report ID
0419400

Event description

Employee amputates fingertips when caught between forklift a

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 a.m. on December 20, 2021, an employee was backing a forklift into a truck bed. The employee's hand was outside the forklift and got caught between the forklift and the truck. The employee amputated two fingertips and was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 65 M

    Event type
    2

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