Veeco Services
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — 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
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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