Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 9/8/2017

1 amputation · 2017098628 · 9/8/2017 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 2310 Maynard Jackson Parkway, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30320
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking the slack on a mail sorting machine conveyor belt that was moving slowly when his right index finger was caught and amputated between the belt and pulley.

Source

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