Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Start: 10/23/2015

1 amputation · 2015107939 · 10/23/2015 · 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: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Source: Delivery truck or van

Employer

Name: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Location: 125 WEST SOUTH STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 46206
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was lowering a mail truck door when their gloved finger was caught in the fold of the door, resulting in a partial amputation of their right middle ring finger just below the finger nail.

Source

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