Amputations

Name: Amputations at PEPSICO
Start: 10/20/2015

1 amputation · 2015107821 · 10/20/2015 · PEPSICO

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: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source: Trailers

Employer

Name: PEPSICO
Location: 3615 19th Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79410
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to make a delivery and was operating the dock gate that goes in the trailer. The employee was pulling up the dock plate and moving it forward when the employee's left middle finger got caught between the dock plate and trailer. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

Source

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