Amputations

Name: Amputations at Auto Zone, Inc. (Store# 1240)
Start: 3/22/2017

1 amputation · 2017032630 · 3/22/2017 · Auto Zone, Inc. (Store# 1240)

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
Secondary source: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Auto Zone, Inc. (Store# 1240)
Location: 131 E. Nelson Ave, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32433
NAICS: 441310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a car engine with a coworker when the engine became caught on the truck bed and fell. As the injured employee attempted to catch the engine, his left index finger was caught between the pallet and the engine, amputating his fingertip.

Source

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