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Amputations

1 amputation · 2015129812 · 12/30/2015 · Walmart Distribution Center 6080

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Walmart Distribution Center 6080
Location
100 Veterans Drive, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18466
NAICS
493110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employee A was filling a cardboard baler when Employee B turned on the baler. The hydraulic drive door caught employee A's left arm and amputated it below the elbow.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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