ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Contact incidents unspecified — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — JAMAICA, NEW YORK
| Employer | ABC Supply Co., Inc. | Report ID | 2024087628 |
| Address | 18614 Jamaica Avenue | City, State ZIP | JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11423 |
| Event Date | August 19, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Other finger(s) n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Contact incidents unspecified | Source of Injury | Skids, pallets |
| Secondary Source | Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 423390 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.70000, -73.77000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was loading materials onto a truck bed with a forklift. The employee was loading a skid onto the trailer and as they were lowering it there was a piece of wood stuck on the underside of the skid. They went to manually remove it, and it came down and pinched the employee's right index finger between the skid and the truck. The employee sustained a partial amputation to their right index finger.
Incident Summary
On August 19, 2024, a worker at ABC Supply Co., Inc. in JAMAICA, NEW YORK suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact incidents unspecified, with skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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