OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436504
WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
ABERDEEN, MS·
Event description
Employee amputates finger in pinch point
Investigation abstract
At 5:15 p.m. on February 6, 2022, an employee was operating a sit-down lift truck wit a load being dumped from a tilt dumpster attached to the lift. The employee's finger was caught between a support cross brace of the tilt dumpster and a fork of the lift truck, as the load was being dumped. The employee amputated his left index finger and was treated without requiring hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 0
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