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Amputations

1 amputation · 20181112169 · 11/28/2018 · Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified
Source
Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Location
45 Ashley Way, LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19533
NAICS
337121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack when his scanner fell. He bent to pick up the scanner and the pallet jack moved and pinched his pinky finger between the battery and plate. The finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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