AC Products, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — MOUNT UNION, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | AC Products, Inc. | Report ID | 2018054722 |
| Address | 11823 Lenape Drive | City, State ZIP | MOUNT UNION, PENNSYLVANIA 17066 |
| Event Date | May 15, 2018 | Outcome | Amputation |
| 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 | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| Industry (NAICS) | 337110 | Inspection # | 1320355 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.36000, -77.85000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee operated a forklift to transport a hopper outside in order to empty the hopper contents into a dumpster. The employee got off the forklift and tried to move down the manual lever that causes the hopper to empty, but the lever was tight. When the employee finally got the lever to go down, the hopper shifted and caught the employee's hand between the hopper and a forklift fork, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left middle finger at the first knuckle.
Incident Summary
On May 15, 2018, a worker at AC Products, Inc. in MOUNT UNION, PENNSYLVANIA 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 forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered 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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