Amputations

Name: Amputations at FEDEX FREIGHT
Start: 9/11/2018

1 amputation · 2018099369 · 9/11/2018 · FEDEX FREIGHT

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Trailers

Employer

Name: FEDEX FREIGHT
Location: 3560 S Maize Rd, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67215
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing out an air bag on a trailer when the bag came free and pinched the employee's left index finger between the bag and a bracket on the trailer, resulting in a fingertip amputation to approximately the base of the nailbed.

Source

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