Amputations

Name: Amputations at York Container Company
Start: 12/8/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161211475 · 12/8/2016 · York Container Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: York Container Company
Location: 138 Mount Zion Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just checked the status of rolls at a computer station in the roll stock warehouse and started walking away when a clamp truck in the warehouse struck the employee. The employee suffered a right leg amputation (mid-shin) and five broken metatarsals on the left foot.

Source

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