← OSHA severe injury reports
Amputations
1 amputation · 2015107508 · 10/8/2015 · U.S. Postal Service
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- Source
- Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- U.S. Postal Service
- Location
- 2901 Scott Futrell Dr., CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28228
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 0
Narrative
An employee amputated his right pinky finger while troubleshooting the air handling units in the mechanical room.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown