Amputations

Name: Amputations at Waste Management of PA, Inc.
Start: 3/15/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017032381 · 3/15/2017 · Waste Management of PA, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Slip on substance without fall
Source: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Secondary source: Ice, sleet, snow

Employer

Name: Waste Management of PA, Inc.
Location: American Legion Post 300, CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19013
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee picking up garbage at a stop along the route slipped on ice while pushing a small dumpster. The employee smashed his pinky finger between the dumpster and the back of the dump truck suffering an injury that required amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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