Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Start: 6/12/2017

1 amputation · 2017065350 · 6/12/2017 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cages, cage racks

Employer

Name: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Location: 1401 W. FORT ST., DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 48233
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer at the dock. As the employee was unloading two wire cages from the trailer, the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the two containers resulting in a fracture, loss of the fingernail and amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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