Amputations

Name: Amputations at Valu Merchandisers Company
Start: 8/25/2016

1 amputation · 2016088004 · 8/25/2016 · Valu Merchandisers Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Valu Merchandisers Company
Location: 4805 Campbell Dr, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, 66701
NAICS: 452990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a standing dock forklift and got his foot caught between a pole and the forklift. The employee's left foot was crushed and partially amputated at the hospital.

Source

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