Amputations

Name: Amputations at Affiliated Foods Inc.
Start: 9/1/2017

1 amputation · 2017098470 · 9/1/2017 · Affiliated Foods Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Affiliated Foods Inc.
Location: 1401 W. Farmers Ave., AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79118
NAICS: 424410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee attempted to get on his pallet truck to go in reverse when the handle swung out and caught his hand between the handle and the steel shelves in the perishable department causing approximately 3/25 inch tip of the pinky finger to be amputated.

Source

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