Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Start: 7/8/2016

1 amputation · 2016076141 · 7/8/2016 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
Source: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

Employer

Name: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Location: 3900 CROWN ROAD SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30303
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a standup tram that tows mail carts when the employee's right pinky finger was caught between a tow bar and the connection area. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated at the first joint.

Source

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