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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017053988 · 5/2/2017 · DHL Express

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name
DHL Express
Location
501 10th Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10018
NAICS
492110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was reaching for items that spilled out of a box on a moving conveyor belt when two of the employee's fingers were caught and crushed in the belt. The two fingers had to be medically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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