Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at West Penn Wire, 2833 West Chestnut Street, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA 15301
on , Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was helping to move a portable hydraulic lifting device onto the bed of a pickup truck. One of the folding legs of the portable hydraulic lifting device opened up. The injured employee reached for the leg of the unit and caught his finger in a pinch point caused by the movement of the leg. His right little fingertip was amputated.
HospitalizedFingertip(s)Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.