Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. in CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Employer Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. Report ID 2017021297
Address 1050 E. Port Ave., Cargo Dock 8 City, State ZIP CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78401
Event Date February 9, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 488320 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 27.80000, -97.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift operator load a non-working truck into a cargo shipping container. The truck was being placed into the shipping container facing outward when the tires slipped off of the lip of the container and the truck bounced. The employee's left ring finger was caught and pinched in the hood, amputating his fingertip.

Incident Summary

On February 9, 2017, a worker at Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. in CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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