Amputations

Name: Amputations at Charter HR
Start: 9/4/2015

1 amputation · 2015096453 · 9/4/2015 · Charter HR

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Delivery truck or van

Employer

Name: Charter HR
Location: 1902 W. Freeway Street, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
NAICS: 561720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving furniture using a box truck with a hydraulic lift gate on the back. As he and a coworker raised the lift gate, he got off the lift and grabbed the side of the rail. The coworker began to operate the lift again, which caught and amputated the employee's thumb.

Source

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