Amputations

Name: Amputations at PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE
Start: 1/11/2016

1 amputation · 2016010233 · 1/11/2016 · PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Jacks

Employer

Name: PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE
Location: 4551 W. Junction Street, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
NAICS: 722511
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to change the tire on an electric pallet jack. A hydraulic jack was used to lift the pallet jack while a jack stand was placed into position. The jack slipped, causing it to fall and injure the employee's left pinky finger. His finger had be surgically treated and partially amputated due to tissue damage.

Source

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