Amputations

Name: Amputations at EDARON, INC.
Start: 4/6/2018

1 amputation · 2018043304 · 4/6/2018 · EDARON, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: EDARON, INC.
Location: 100 APPLETON ST., HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01040
NAICS: 339932
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) in reverse. The employee's hand was outside of the PIT when it came into contact with a skid, crushing the employee's index and middle fingers and resulting in two fingertip amputations.

Source

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