Amputations

Name: Amputations at Forterra Concrete Products
Start: 8/31/2016

1 amputation · 2016088233 · 8/31/2016 · Forterra Concrete Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Forterra Concrete Products
Location: 23600 W. 40th Street, SHAWNEE, KANSAS, 66226
NAICS: 327332
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee's finger was between two steel containers. When a forklift struck the steel container the employee's finger was crushed between the two containers and amputated at the hospital.

Source

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