Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service P & D Center
Start: 6/17/2015

1 amputation · 2015063731 · 6/17/2015 · U.S. Postal Service P & D Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
Source: Doors, except garage and vehicle

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service P & D Center
Location: 400 Creske Av, ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN, 54474
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pushing a powered pallet jack through a set of dock doors with his hands on the outside of the handle. The dock doors closed crushing the middle, ring and pinky fingers on his left hand resulting in an amputation of the pinky fingertip.

Source

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