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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017099010 · 9/20/2017 · Ports America Gulfport, Inc.

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 or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
Source
Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Ports America Gulfport, Inc.
Location
1105 30th Ave., GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39501
NAICS
488320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to unlock a cargo container twist lock as the container was being lowered onto a trailer. The right middle and index fingers were caught between the cargo container and the trailer resulting in amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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