Veeco Services

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Veeco Services in NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY
Employer Veeco Services Report ID 2017109496
Address 6801 West Side Ave. City, State ZIP NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY 07047
Event Date October 3, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary Source Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 484121 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.80000, -74.02000

Incident Narrative

An employee was holding the lip of a dock plate open just before it was lowered into position on a shipping container when the employee's left hand became trapped between the lip of the dock plate and the rear floor of the shipping container. His middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

Incident Summary

On October 3, 2017, a worker at Veeco Services in NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with ramps, loading docks, dock plates identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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