105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

HARRISVILLE, RHODE ISLAND—

Atlas Barrel and Pallet, Inc.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations

Final narrative

The employee was opening the sliding door to the heat treating building by pulling the handle down, which enables the door to slide on its rollers. The metal sliding door was approximately 22.5 feet in length and 11 feet in height. The employee tried to push the sliding door along its rollers by placing his left hand on the door handle frame. While pushing the sliding door, the unlatched spring-loaded door handle released from its down position, and sprung upward, catching the employee's left pinky finger between the stationary and moving door handle framework resulting in amputation.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Doors, except garage and vehicle

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