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Performance Foodservice - Metro NY

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Performance Foodservice - Metro NY in PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
Employer Performance Foodservice - Metro NY Report ID 2015021179
Address Publishers Clearing House, 382 Channel Drive City, State ZIP PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK 11050
Event Date February 5, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary Source Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Industry (NAICS) 424490 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.83000, -73.69000

Incident Narrative

A helper began raising the powered dock plate. While the dock plate was in motion, the injured employee walked onto it and shut the trailer door. He slipped, and got his legs stuck between the dock plate and the back of trailer. While he pulled up on the plate to get if off his legs, he told the helper to pull the truck out to free him. When the truck was pulled forward, the plate snapped downward and severed the ends of the helper's left index and middle fingers.

Incident Summary

On February 5, 2015, a worker at Performance Foodservice - Metro NY in PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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