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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016054196 · 5/14/2016 · Legacy Vinyl Windows

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Racks-garment and other
Secondary source
Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name
Legacy Vinyl Windows
Location
1813 Kelly Boulevard, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
NAICS
339999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was moving a glass rack with a pallet jack. While lowering the rack of glass, the employee had the handle of the pallet jack in a vertical position. When the rack was lowered, the employee's thumb was caught and partially amputated between the rack and the handle of the pallet jack.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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