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Accident Summary Nr: 136152.015 - Employee amputates two fingers when caught between hopper an

Accident Summary Nr: 136152.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 05/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532858.015	05/26/2021		423310	2k Wholesale, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on May 19, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a lumber wholesale supplier was attempting to dump a dumping hopper. The employee caught his right hand between the forks on the forklift and the hopper during activation of the lever. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputations to his index and middle fingers.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Dumper, Finger, Forklift, Forks, Hand, Industrial Truck, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Lumber, Lumberyard, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Pinch Point, Pinched, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Traumatic Amputation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1532858.015	37	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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