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Amputations

1 amputation · 2016021657 · 2/23/2016 · US Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name
US Postal Service
Location
28081 Marguerite Pkwy, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, 92690
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was parking a truck on the dock. As he lifted the electronic dock with his right hand, the lift gate came down and fractured his right ring finger, causing a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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