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Industrial Mechanical, Inc.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Industrial Mechanical, Inc. in WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA
Employer Industrial Mechanical, Inc. Report ID 2024010901
Address 1241 Greensboro Highway City, State ZIP WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA 30677
Event Date January 29, 2024 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Event Type Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary Source Hoppers except confined space
Industry (NAICS) 332322 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.85000, -83.40000

Incident Narrative

An employee drove a forklift equipped with a tilt-hopper over to a roll-off dumpster to dump concrete and dirt from a demolition project. The employee got off the forklift and released the lever on the tilt-hopper. The employee's left hand got caught between the tilt-hopper and the roll-off dumpster resulting in a partial amputation to the middle finger and loss of skin from the pad of the ring finger.

Incident Summary

On January 29, 2024, a worker at Industrial Mechanical, Inc. in WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught or wedged between objects nonrunning, with forklift, order picker, platform truck powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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