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3M

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at 3M in ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer 3M Report ID 2020021119
Address 610 North Brown County Road 19 City, State ZIP ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA 57401
Event Date February 4, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized, 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 Parts and materials, unspecified
Secondary Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 313230 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 45.44000, -98.49000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading new equipment from a pallet skid. The employee was removing the strapping from a panel when it became dislodged from the transportation skid and began to tip. The employee attempted to balance the paneling but succumbed to the size. The panel continued to tip and caught the employee's finger between the panel and the parked forklift's mast, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger from the nail bed to the tip.

Incident Summary

On February 4, 2020, a worker at 3M in ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA 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 parts and materials, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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