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Crushing injuries

1 hospitalization · 2016032251 · 3/15/2016 · C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Stacking machinery
Secondary source
Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS
Location
1500 CORPORATE BOULEVARD, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, 12550
NAICS
493110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On 3/15/16, at 8:18 AM, an employee was operating a dock stacker when his thumb became pinched between the stacker and a bollard while leaving the staging area for automation. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for crushing injuries to his thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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