Amputations

Name: Amputations at WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OKLAHOMA
Start: 11/6/2017

1 amputation · 20171110709 · 11/6/2017 · WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OKLAHOMA

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Toilets, urinals
Secondary source: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name: WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OKLAHOMA
Location: Intersection of NW 88th & Rambling Rd., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73132
NAICS: 562998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a toilet into the back of a rear-load trash truck when the top portion of his right ring finger was smashed between the toilet and the rear body of the truck, suffering severe tissue damage. The damaged portion of his finger had to be surgically amputated.

Source

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