Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sams Club
Start: 6/28/2016

1 amputation · 2016065806 · 6/28/2016 · Sams Club

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: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Sams Club
Location: 1350 W. US Highway 50, O FALLON, ILLINOIS, 62269
NAICS: 452910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 11:34 a.m., an employee was working with an electric pallet jack while another receiving associate had a forklift. When the employee went to move the electric pallet jack, the handle was turned in such a way that when it moved, it moved backwards and smashed her left-hand pinky into the forklift battery. Her pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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