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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016010785 · 1/27/2016 · Kroger

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source
Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source
Skids, pallets

Employer

Name
Kroger
Location
2175 Parklake Dr., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30345
NAICS
445110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading pallets into a trailer using a pallet jack . Some of the pallets started to fall. His hand got caught in the pallet jack's handle when he tried to catch the falling pallets and his left index finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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