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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017010662 · 1/21/2017 · United States Postal Services

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
United States Postal Services
Location
1800 James Jackson Pkwy, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30369
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working with a flat automated calling system machine and over-the-road container when the container shifted, catching her left hand between the container and a dumper restrain bar. She suffered a left ring finger amputation and fracture.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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