Amputations

Name: Amputations at DG Foods, LLC
Start: 5/29/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015053272 · 5/29/2015 · DG Foods, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Tables, worktables

Employer

Name: DG Foods, LLC
Location: 1095 Industrial Drive, HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI, 39083
NAICS: 112320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transporting boxes of chicken tenders with a pallet jack. The load shifted and pinned the employee's finger between a stainless steel table and the pallet jack handle, amputating the top end of the right thumb.

Source

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