Amputations

Name: Amputations at Argos USA LLC
Start: 10/16/2018

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20181010645 · 10/16/2018 · Argos USA LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
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: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Employer

Name: Argos USA LLC
Location: 2685 Sullivan Rd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30337
NAICS: 327320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lowering a plow attached to a forklift with a steel cable. The cable failed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the plow and a fork. The finger was amputated below the fingernail at the first joint.

Source

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