Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WestRock, 1913 FM 105 S., EVADALE, TEXAS 77615
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was transporting a trash hopper to a dumpster using a forklift. While emptying the trash hopper into the dumpster, the employee's right hand was on the dumpster latch and his left hand was on the base of the hopper. When the employee released the latch, the hopper tilted forward while the rear of the hopper lifted upward, compressing the employee's left little finger between the hopper and the dumpster. The employee suffered a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered