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Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — EUFAULA, ALABAMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC in EUFAULA, ALABAMA
Employer Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC Report ID 2020109675
Address 6638 HWY 431 North City, State ZIP EUFAULA, ALABAMA 36027
Event Date October 11, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Trailers
Secondary Source Pickup truck
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.07000, -85.14000

Incident Narrative

An employee was hooking up a flatbed trailer to a pickup truck. While letting the hitch down onto the receiver ball, the hitch became bound. The employee jostled the hitch pin while continuing to let the jack stand down. The hitch slipped while the employee's fingertip was in the safety pin hole, causing a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On October 11, 2020, a worker at Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC in EUFAULA, ALABAMA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). 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

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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