OSHA Injury Report: COLUMBIA_1441264

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Cutting a seal from a truck

What happened

On [REDACTED]) between [REDACTED] I suffered from an incident resulting me requiring three stitches in my left middle finger. I went to remove the truck seal off the truck door after cutting it with my cutters as I normally do. But in this situation the seal was stuck inside the door handle in a way where it wouldn 't come out easily. I went to pull it out with a bit of force with my right hand on the ball of the seal and my left hand on the door handle holding it in position to allow the seal to be removed. As I pulled on the ball of the seal the end where I’d curved and dug into my left middle finger tearing my glove and causing it to bleed. Initially I assumed the cut to be minor but after attempts to clean and dress the cut I could not control the bleeding. I then phoned [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] to let him know that I was injured and needed to leave. He told me ok but that he would need to find someone to come in my place. As I waited I scanned in all my trucks and went to re

Injury or illness

Middle finger-Left- Wounding

Object or substance involved

truck seal

Summary line

Finger Laceration

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.