Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 5/23/2016

1 amputation · 2016054525 · 5/23/2016 · U.S. Postal Service

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: Racks-garment and other
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 7075 Cross County Road, NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29418
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

On or about May 23, 2016, an employee was moving a mail rack when her hand was smashed between the rack and a concrete column. Her right pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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