HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA—
Ollie Pets
Struck by door, gate, window · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting the seals of freezer doors. The employee opened the door of a freezer using the manual release. When the employee touched the inside seal, the door opened and the employee's right hand became caught between the freezer door wall and the handle of the door. The employee's middle fingertip was amputated.
Similar incidents · Same event type
WYNNEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA—
Main Line Clinical Labs
An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
DAYTON, OHIO—
United States Postal Service
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI—
Corrigan Brothers Inc
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
MANASSAS, VIRGINIA—
AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.
A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
INX International Ink Co. and its Successors and Assigns
An employee was taking out the trash through the storeroom door when the storeroom door closed on their left index finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.