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Accident Summary Nr: 122274.015 - Employee amputates three toes when cargo pallet falls off do

Accident Summary Nr: 122274.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1449383.015	12/03/2019		488190	Lufthansa Cargo Ag

Abstract: At 7:00 p.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee who worked as an equipment operator for an airline was helping a coworker load a 5,000-kilogram pallet onto a slave dolly. The coworker was operating a sit-down forklift (PIV) and had managed to set the pallet on the dolly. The pallet was too heavy for the load capacity of the PIV and it slipped off. The edge of the dolly crushed the employee's three first toes on his right foot. The employee amputated all three toes and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Airport, Amputated, Amputation, Cart, Crushed, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Foot, Ground Crew Worker, Instantaneous amputation, Loading, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Slip, Toe, Traumatic Amputation, Unstable Load, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1449383.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Skidsteer/Bobcat

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