Amputations

Name: Amputations at Fedex Freight, Inc.
Start: 2/7/2018

1 amputation · 2018021276 · 2/7/2018 · Fedex Freight, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Trailers

Employer

Name: Fedex Freight, Inc.
Location: 5701 Lindsey Road, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
NAICS: 484122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hooking up the converter dolly to connect a second trailer. As the employee was pulling on the dolly to position it, his left pinky finger was crushed between the trailer bumper and the converter resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Source

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