Amputations

Name: Amputations at AMAZON.COM.DEDC LLC
Start: 10/31/2017

1 amputation · 20171010394 · 10/31/2017 · AMAZON.COM.DEDC LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: AMAZON.COM.DEDC LLC
Location: 808 Hog Mountain Rd., JEFFERSON, GEORGIA, 30549
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee operating a powered industrial vehicle stopped and leaned out of the operating compartment to scan a product with a scan gun. Her left hand made contact with the truck's operating controls which caused it to move. She sustained a partial amputation to her left finger.

Source

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