Amputations

Name: Amputations at DHL Supply Chain
Start: 4/13/2016

1 amputation · 2016043101 · 4/13/2016 · DHL Supply Chain

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: DHL Supply Chain
Location: 500 North Lingle Avenue, PALMYRA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17078
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a scissor assembly on a high reach forklift. A finger was pinched while aligning two holes when the assembly moved resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip.

Source

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