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Suburban Landscape Management

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — WICHITA, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Suburban Landscape Management in WICHITA, KANSAS
Employer Suburban Landscape Management Report ID 20161211883
Address 1100 E. MacArthur City, State ZIP WICHITA, KANSAS 67216
Event Date December 22, 2016 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 561730 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 37.62000, -97.32000

Incident Narrative

On December 22, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. an employee was manually moving a snow plow blade on a parked forklift and caught his finger under the blade and between a fork on the forklift resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On December 22, 2016, a worker at Suburban Landscape Management in WICHITA, KANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c. 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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