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Motor Truck Equipment Company

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Motor Truck Equipment Company in CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Motor Truck Equipment Company Report ID 2015074937
Address 198 Kost Road City, State ZIP CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17013
Event Date July 22, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 423120 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.22000, -77.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee used a forklift to dump the contents from a small dumpster into a larger dumpster when the cardboard got stuck in the small dumpster. When he pulled the cardboard, the lid on the small dumpster closed and pinched his finger, crushing and lacerating his left index fingertip. The skin flap from the laceration was later removed during surgery to repair his finger.

Incident Summary

On July 22, 2015, a worker at Motor Truck Equipment Company in CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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