Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 2/10/2018

1 amputation · 2018021400 · 2/10/2018 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Mailboxes
Secondary source: Ice, sleet, snow

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 102 West Mill St., CAPAC, MICHIGAN, 48014
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was delivering mail via an automobile. As the employee was closing a mailbox with her right index finger, the vehicle began to slide due to snow resulting in amputation of her right index finger.

Source

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