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Amputations
1 amputation · 20171111386 · 11/30/2017 · J.R. Simplot Company
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 0
- Amputation
- 1
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- Nature of injury
- Amputations
Cause
- Event
- Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- Source
- Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- Secondary source
- Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- J.R. Simplot Company
- Location
- 3630 Gateway Drive, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58203
- NAICS
- 311411
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was changing a battery on a forklift when his left index finger was pinched and amputated between a spreader bar and a hook.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown