Amputations

Name: Amputations at IndoCarb Corporation
Start: 7/17/2017

1 amputation · 2017076574 · 7/17/2017 · IndoCarb Corporation

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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: IndoCarb Corporation
Location: 633 Napor Blvd, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15205
NAICS: 325182
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift operator stack empty sacks on a pallet. The forks of the fork truck were raised, and the employee's right index finger became stuck in an open hole in the fork, amputating his fingertip.

Source

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