QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident — Amputations — ORRVILLE, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY in ORRVILLE, OHIO
Employer QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY Report ID 2020076534
Address 1200 N. MAIN ST. City, State ZIP ORRVILLE, OHIO 44667
Event Date July 13, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Secondary Source Racks-garment and other
Industry (NAICS) 331511 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.85000, -81.76000

Incident Narrative

An employee was setting up work stations and maneuvering a pallet jack down an aisle-way. Upon setting the load down, he pressed his left thumb against the racks. The handle of the pallet jack then came down and smashed his left thumb. He sustained a crushed left thumb, resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation of the left thumb tip.

Incident Summary

On July 13, 2020, a worker at QUALITY CASTINGS COMPANY in ORRVILLE, OHIO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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