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Trumbull Metal Specialties

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NILES, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Trumbull Metal Specialties in NILES, OHIO
Employer Trumbull Metal Specialties Report ID 2015118991
Address 49 Federal Street City, State ZIP NILES, OHIO 44446
Event Date November 12, 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 Dies, molds, patterns
Industry (NAICS) 331521 Inspection # 1110848
GPS Coordinates 41.18000, -80.76000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading a mold onto a forklift when the forklift moved forward and caught his finger between the mold and forks sustaining a 1st digit amputation to the right middle finger.

Incident Summary

On November 12, 2015, a worker at Trumbull Metal Specialties in NILES, OHIO 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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