Amputations

Name: Amputations at SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC.
Start: 7/6/2017

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017076208 · 7/6/2017 · SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary source: Trailers

Employer

Name: SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC.
Location: 933 SW 12th Ave., POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33069
NAICS: 484110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 6, 2017, at 9:30 p.m., an employee was connecting a trailer to a tractor when his left thumb tip was caught and crushed between the O-ring on the tongue and the pintle hook. His thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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