Amputations

Name: Amputations at Amazon Fulfillment Center
Start: 9/24/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016099065 · 9/24/2016 · Amazon Fulfillment Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Amazon Fulfillment Center
Location: 2201 Thornton Road, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
NAICS: 452910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when he lost control of the vehicle and jumped from it. The truck severed his lower left leg, which had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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