PEPSICO
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — LUBBOCK, TEXAS
| Employer | PEPSICO | Report ID | 2015107821 |
| Address | 3615 19th Street | City, State ZIP | LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79410 |
| Event Date | October 20, 2015 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Fingertip(s) |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Ramps, loading docks, dock plates |
| Secondary Source | Trailers | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 493110 | Inspection # | 1100274 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.57000, -101.89000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was attempting to make a delivery and was operating the dock gate that goes in the trailer. The employee was pulling up the dock plate and moving it forward when the employee's left middle finger got caught between the dock plate and trailer. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
Incident Summary
On October 20, 2015, a worker at PEPSICO in LUBBOCK, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with ramps, loading docks, dock plates identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 4,985 severe injury reports involving "Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment injuries.
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