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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015020852 · 2/27/2015 · Reinhart Food Service, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary source
Trailers

Employer

Name
Reinhart Food Service, LLC
Location
6720 N. 9th Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68111
NAICS
493120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was helping a truck driver adjust the rear tandems on his tractor trailer. The employee was under the trailer attempting to adjust the tandems when they slipped forward, pinning is left arm at the elbow area between the trailer and the tandem. The employee was taken to Creighton University Hospital where doctors amputated the arm midway down his left bicep.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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