Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 8/9/2018

1 amputation · 2018088180 · 8/9/2018 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Desks

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 135 Grand Street, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06701
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Three employees were lowering a desk to the ground when the desk fell, crushing one of the employee's right index fingers between the bottom of the desk and a metal floor-mounted outlet box. As a result, his right index fingertip was amputated between the nail and first knuckle.

Source

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