Amputations

Name: Amputations at Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
Start: 8/1/2016

1 amputation · 2016087077 · 8/1/2016 · Foremost Farms USA Cooperative

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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Foremost Farms USA Cooperative
Location: 1511 E. 4th Street, MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54449
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift. When he went to pull the cord to activate the door opener, his right hand became caught in the cord. As he moved forward, his ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the cord and the roll cage on the forklift.

Source

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