OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428758
TRUMBULL-NELSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
ORFORD, NH·
Event description
Employee Crushes and Partially Amputates Finger Between Fork
Investigation abstract
At 2:00 p.m. on January 14, 2022, an employee was operating a forklift while attempting to dump a trash bin into a larger roll-off dumpster at a residential construction site. The trash bin was attached to the forks of the forklift, and when the employee released the latch on the trash bin and pushed it over to dump it, the bin rolled forward and then came backwards quickly. When the bin rolled forward, it pinched and crushed the employee's hand between the bin and the fork of the forklift. The employee suffered a partial amputation of their left pinky, and required medical treatment without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 62 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 554
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