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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017021525 · 2/16/2017 · U.S. Postal Service

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: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 1050 Forbell St., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11256
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was closing the bulk mail container's metal door when it fell on his right hand, amputating his middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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