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U.S. Postal Service

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at U.S. Postal Service in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Employer U.S. Postal Service Report ID 2019076974
Address 11600 Irving Park Rd. City, State ZIP CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60666
Event Date July 10, 2019 Outcome 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
Industry (NAICS) 491110 Inspection # 1432579
GPS Coordinates 41.95000, -87.90000

Incident Narrative

On July 10, 2019, an employee pressed the button to raise a dock plate, but the dock plate did not lift all the way on the left side. He went to raise it by hand and it fell, pinching his left hand between the plate and the dock resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip.

Incident Summary

On July 10, 2019, a worker at U.S. Postal Service in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 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 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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