Amputations

Name: Amputations at Air Gas USA, LLC
Start: 1/30/2015

1 amputation · 2015010972 · 1/30/2015 · Air Gas USA, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Structures, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Air Gas USA, LLC
Location: 858 Distribution Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
NAICS: 221210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee got his finger caught between a pallet and a platform, while a forklift operator was lowering the pallet down onto the platform. Employee suffered an amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown