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Safway Atlantic, LLC

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NEW YORK, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Safway Atlantic, LLC in NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Employer Safway Atlantic, LLC Report ID 2021010806
Address 425 Park Ave City, State ZIP NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
Event Date January 29, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Industry (NAICS) 238990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.76000, -73.97000

Incident Narrative

Employees were loading material that had been dismantled from a hoist onto a truck at the loading dock using a pallet jack. While the material was being transported by the pallet jack, the load shifted and one of the employee's left middle fingertip was caught between two hoist poles and amputated.

Incident Summary

On January 29, 2021, a worker at Safway Atlantic, LLC in NEW YORK, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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