Superlite an Oldcastle company

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment - Amputations - CHANDLER, Arizona

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Superlite an Oldcastle company in CHANDLER, Arizona
Employer Superlite an Oldcastle company
Address 6741 West Germann Road
City, State ZIP CHANDLER, Arizona 85226
Report ID 2017066069
Event Date June 30, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
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 Skids, pallets
Secondary Source Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 327331
Inspection # 1259020
GPS Coordinates 33.27607, -111.88595

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Incident Narrative

An employee was tucking in a plastic wrap tail on a pallet that was on a conveyor belt when another pallet came down the conveyor and smashed his right index finger between the two pallets, amputating his finger just above the nailbed.

Incident Summary

On June 30, 2017, a worker at Superlite an Oldcastle company in CHANDLER, Arizona 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 skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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