Amputations

Name: Amputations at Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
Start: 4/25/2017

1 amputation · 2017043688 · 4/25/2017 · Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, unspecified
Source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
Secondary source: Shopping cart, grocery carriage-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
Location: 197 West Banks Expressway, GRETNA, LOUISIANA, 70053
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading his grocery-delivering cart at a customer's location when he lost his footing while tipping the cart over and fell backwards. The loaded cart fell on his right thumb amputating it above the first knuckle.

Source

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