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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017021528 · 2/16/2017 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
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
1800 James Jackson, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30369
NAICS
491110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was positioning equipment while getting ready to repair an over-the-road container when his left pinky finger was caught and amputated in the container door.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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