OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221445117

MAINFREIGHT INC.

EAST POINT, GA· 2021-10-28T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Crushed, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Material Handling, Off Loading, Palletized Cargo, Partial Amputation, Struck By, Unstable Load
NAICS: 561612
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345625958
Employer profile: MAINFREIGHT INC.
Summary number: 221445117
Report ID: 0418200

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers while unloading cargo

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on October 28, 2021, an employee, a forklift operator, was working offloading freight from semi trailers. The freight was required to be properly packaged and palletized by the customers prior to being handled by the forklift operators at the receiving area. A computer server rack weighing approximately 1,000 pounds was received not properly secured to a pallet and it was mounted on wheels. The employee was offloading the rack when it started to move off the forks. The employee jumped off the forklift and tried to stabilize the rack but it fell on top of him wedging his left hand against the floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat partial amputation of two fingers on his left hand.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
883

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