Key Personnel

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Crushing injuries — DENTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Key Personnel in DENTON, TEXAS
Employer Key Personnel Report ID 2020054217
Address 3000 N. Interstate 35 City, State ZIP DENTON, TEXAS 76201
Event Date May 5, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Crushing injuries Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary Source Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Industry (NAICS) 561320 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 33.17000, -97.09000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck of medical supplies. As the employee lifted the truck's lift gate and the automatic dock plate, the employee's hand was caught between the lift gate and the dock. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the right hand second through fifth fingers, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Incident Summary

On May 5, 2020, a worker at Key Personnel in DENTON, TEXAS suffered crushing injuries to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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