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Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc. in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
Employer Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc. Report ID 2017021514
Address Maryville University - Ricoh Document Service, 650 Maryville University Drive City, State ZIP SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63141
Event Date February 15, 2017 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Industry (NAICS) 423420 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.64000, -90.50000

Incident Narrative

An employee was walking to a dock door to meet a delivery person. She opened the folding hand truck before opening the overhead dock door. The two sections of the hand truck pinched her left little fingertip, severely lacerating and amputating it.

Incident Summary

On February 15, 2017, a worker at Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc. in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered 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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