OSHA Injury Report: Bid Group Construction

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Escorting delivery truck into location to be offloaded.

What happened

On [REDACTED] the injured person (IP) was working along with two other coworkers unloading equipment off of trucks. At approximately 15:20 [REDACTED]. while lifting item 4690 the IP working as a spotter went around the material to the “blind side” to check and see if the forks had penetrated correctly. The IP did not communicate his intentions to the signalmen or the operator of the forklift. The IP stated he had cut the blue shrink wrap to get a visual on the fork position. As he folded the plastic his left index finger was caught between the left fork and the equipment amputating the tip.

Injury or illness

Partial finger amputation

Object or substance involved

Finger pinch between forks and equipment

Summary line

Partial Amputation on index finger

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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