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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015010878 · 1/28/2015 · Packers Sanitation Services, Inc (PSSI)

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
Source
Ladders, unspecified

Employer

Name
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc (PSSI)
Location
1078 U.S Highway 90, WEIMAR, TEXAS, 78962
NAICS
561720
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employee was working on a ladder. He slipped and instinctively grabbed onto a piece of equipment to try and steady himself, causing an avulsion to the left-hand middle and ring fingers. This resulted in hospitalization, and those fingers were amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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