Fractures

Name: Fractures at Waste Management of St. Tammany, LA
Start: 2/15/2018

1 amputation · 2018021582 · 2/15/2018 · Waste Management of St. Tammany, LA

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name: Waste Management of St. Tammany, LA
Location: 2685 Hwy 190 West / Gause Blvd. West, SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, 70460
NAICS: 562219
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was testing the repair on the slide cylinder of a refuse truck by operating the packer panel lever with his left hand. When he engaged the lever, the cylinder linkage malfunctioned and caused the lever to abruptly kick in toward the side wall of the truck body crushing the upper half of the left index finger between the lever and side wall of the truck body resulting in a contusion and fracture.

Source

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