Amputations

Name: Amputations at Sams Club
Start: 9/12/2016

1 amputation · 2016098625 · 9/12/2016 · Sams Club

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Battery-vehicle

Employer

Name: Sams Club
Location: 12200 W 95th St, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
NAICS: 452910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker place a forklift battery into a forklift when the battery fell over on its side and smashed two of the employee's left-hand fingers (3rd and 4th finger) between the battery and the concrete floor.

Source

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