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Waste Management of Delaware

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Waste Management of Delaware in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
Employer Waste Management of Delaware Report ID 2016065641
Address 32 Buena Vista Drive City, State ZIP NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE 19720
Event Date June 23, 2016 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) 562219 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.63000, -75.63000

Incident Narrative

An employee had just emptied a dumpster with a front-load dump truck and was trying to make sure the dumpster went all the way back into its metal housing enclosure. While his left hand was on the top edge of the dumpster, his left thumb became pinched between the metal housing and the dumpster underneath it. About a quarter-inch of his thumb tip and part of his fingernail was amputated.

Incident Summary

On June 23, 2016, a worker at Waste Management of Delaware in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE 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

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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