Amputations

Name: Amputations at Big Lots Stores Inc.
Start: 1/4/2017

1 amputation · 2017010097 · 1/4/2017 · Big Lots Stores Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name: Big Lots Stores Inc.
Location: 11628 Penn Hills Drive, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15235
NAICS: 448140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stocking shelves and loading a baler with empty cardboard boxes. She was pulling a rope attached to the baler door to close it when her left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated in the door.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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