OSHA Injury Report: Empire Southwest LLC Yuma

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

EE was moving a fuel tank

What happened

On [REDACTED] EE was moving a fuel tank so it wasnt in the walk way I picked up one end to slide it over a little bit when I went to set it down my right pinky got over the fuel tank skid after that went to pick it back up to get it off my pinky finger it move and my body weight push it back down on my pinky finger then had to pull it out from under it after that took my glove off seen I had a little cut on top then I see the side of it and see the cut and meat hanging out after that went to service lead and showed him and did a incident report and went to the medical clinic. ee finger was cleaned and sutured with three sutures and wrapped. ee also had to receive shot for tetanus. finger is tender and swollen causing pain if force is excerpted.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Finger(s)

Object or substance involved

Machinery Equipment

Summary line

EE GOT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN FUEL TANK AND FLOOR.

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.