OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809616
CENTURION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
Employee's finger amputated by forklift mast
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was hired to clean bricks on a new shopping center. He borrowed a te ft's mast. Employee #1's fingers were caught in a pinch point between the mast a nd platform. The last three fingers on his left hand were amputated. The second and third fingers were later successfully reattached. lescoping forklift and a work platform from the general contractor so he could r each the upper walls. Employee #1 drove the forklift into position, then entered the work platform. A coworker was operating the forklift's controls, and based on directions from Employee #1, was raising and extending the forklift's boom. W hile the coworker was telescoping out the forklift, it apparently became overloa ded and tipped forward. Employee #1, feeling the work platform sliding on the fo rks, reached back with his left hand and grabbed the platform's handrail. When t he forklift hit the ground, the work platform was forced back against the forkli
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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