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SUPREME MID-ATLANTIC CORPORATION

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle — Amputations — JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at SUPREME MID-ATLANTIC CORPORATION in JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer SUPREME MID-ATLANTIC CORPORATION Report ID 2021010824
Address 411 JONESTOWN ROAD City, State ZIP JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17038
Event Date January 29, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 336211 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.41000, -76.49000

Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing to install the horizontal track for an overhead door inside a refrigerated truck while working from a 4-foot platform ladder. The safety screw that maintains the pre-spring-loaded overhead door in the down position had been removed and the door was ejected from the vertical door track. As the door moved upward, the employee's left index finger was caught between two panel sections resulting in the removed of skin from the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On January 29, 2021, a worker at SUPREME MID-ATLANTIC CORPORATION in JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck by swinging part of powered vehicle, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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