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Duit Construction CO, INC.

Struck by door, gate, window — Amputations involving bone loss — OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Duit Construction CO, INC. in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
Employer Duit Construction CO, INC. Report ID 2024043017
Address 35.42125513461923, -97.3913924746343, Tinker AFB Duit Construction Plant Site City, State ZIP OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73145
Event Date April 5, 2024 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations involving bone loss Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by door, gate, window Source of Injury Dump trucks
Secondary Source Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo
Industry (NAICS) 237310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.43000, -97.39000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning the bed of a dump truck and had the bed lifted and the tailgate propped open on a block of wood. When finished, they manually closed the tailgate and when the wood block was removed the tailgate fell on their left hand, resulting in surgical amputation of the index fingertip to the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On April 5, 2024, a worker at Duit Construction CO, INC. in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA suffered amputations involving bone loss to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by door, gate, window, with dump trucks identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 153 severe injury reports involving "Struck by door, gate, window" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck by door, gate, window injuries.

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