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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018010470 · 1/15/2018 · Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
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
Overhead hoists, unspecified

Employer

Name
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Location
One Ashley Way, ARCADIA, WISCONSIN, 54612
NAICS
337122
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was removing a battery from a forklift using an overhead hoist when her left middle finger was pinched and partially amputated between the hoist hook and the lifting ear.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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