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National Grid

Struck by other falling powered vehicle — Amputations — WATERTOWN, NEW YORK

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at National Grid in WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Employer National Grid Report ID 2022021060
Address 22696 CR-51 City, State ZIP WATERTOWN, NEW YORK 13601
Event Date February 3, 2022 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck by other falling powered vehicle Source of Injury Pallet jack-powered
Secondary Source Pickup truck
Industry (NAICS) 221121 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.96000, -75.90000

Incident Narrative

An employee was assisting two co-workers in unloading a pallet jack from a pickup truck bed. The pallet jack began to fall and the employee reached to stop it when his hand went into the pallet jack and his fingertip was amputated by the force of the pallet jack falling down onto his finger.

Incident Summary

On February 3, 2022, a worker at National Grid in WATERTOWN, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck by other falling powered vehicle, with pallet jack-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 76 severe injury reports involving "Struck by other falling powered vehicle" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck by other falling powered vehicle injuries.

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