Amputations

Name: Amputations at Bowhead Logistics Solutions, LLC
Start: 6/15/2016

1 amputation · 2016065325 · 6/15/2016 · Bowhead Logistics Solutions, LLC

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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Bowhead Logistics Solutions, LLC
Location: Fort Polk, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
NAICS: 493190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 06/15/2016, an employee was helping to relocate the forks on a powered industrial truck. The employee's left-hand ring finger was caught between the forks, resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation of the fingertip below the fingernail.

Source

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