Wohlsen Construction Company
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — HONEY BROOK, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | Wohlsen Construction Company | Report ID | 2015010874 |
| Address | 1200 Tel Hai Circle | City, State ZIP | HONEY BROOK, PENNSYLVANIA 19344 |
| Event Date | January 27, 2015 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| Secondary Source | Boxes, crates, cartons | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 236116 | Inspection # | 1028173 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.06000, -75.88000 | ||
Incident Narrative
On January 26, 2015, at approximately 8:06 a.m., at the Tel Hai Retirement Community, the worker sustained a partial amputation. At the time of the incident, workers were using a forklift truck to lift a job box (metal box) onto the upper level. While taking the job box off of the forklift truck, the worker's hand was pinched between the forklift truck and the job box. He was taken to Brandywine Hospital Emergency Outpatient. He sustained a bone fracture and partial amputation of his right fourth finger, distal phalanx, distal tuft, with a loss of overlaying soft tissue. He was treated and discharged.
Incident Summary
On January 27, 2015, a worker at Wohlsen Construction Company in HONEY BROOK, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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