Amputations

Name: Amputations at Atkore Plastic Pipe
Start: 5/8/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017054163 · 5/8/2017 · Atkore Plastic Pipe

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing

Employer

Name: Atkore Plastic Pipe
Location: 5128 W Hanna Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33634
NAICS: 326122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift and reaching out to move a pipe when the pipe fell and crushed the employee's right thumb, amputating it with no bone loss.

Source

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