Amputations

Name: Amputations at US Postal Service
Start: 4/15/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2018043608 · 4/15/2018 · US Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: US Postal Service
Location: 1000 POSTAL RD SIDE, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18109
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to lower forks on a forklift when a fork released and fell on the injured employee's foot, crushing the pinky toe and resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

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