EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
| Employer | EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES | Report ID | 2020021981 |
| Address | 437 MacCorkle Ave SW, Corvestro | City, State ZIP | SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25303 |
| Event Date | February 29, 2020 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Source of Injury | Trailers |
| Secondary Source | Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 562211 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.36000, -81.68000 | ||
Incident Narrative
While hooking up a pump trailer to the hitch on a truck, an employee's finger was caught between the hitch ball on the truck and the coupler on the trailer. The employee sustained a crushing injury/fracture to the left middle finger that required surgical amputation.
Incident Summary
On February 29, 2020, a worker at EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES in SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with trailers identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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