Amputations

Name: Amputations at Westrock
Start: 10/27/2016

1 amputation · 20161010135 · 10/27/2016 · Westrock

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: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Westrock
Location: 6200 N. I35 E, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a pallet jack. He lifted the pallet jack by hand. When he went to lower the pallet jack, the wheel mechanism severed his right index finger at the first joint.

Source

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