Amputations

Name: Amputations at Amazon.com, Inc.
Start: 11/21/2016

1 amputation · 20161110915 · 11/21/2016 · Amazon.com, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), 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: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Amazon.com, Inc.
Location: 705 Boulder Dr, BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18031
NAICS: 493190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a high-reach forklift to move product when the employee's left thumb was caught and partially amputated between a section of racking and the forklift's support beam.

Source

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