Amputations

Name: Amputations at Corelle Brands LLC
Start: 12/7/2018

1 amputation · 20181212559 · 12/7/2018 · Corelle Brands LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Relays, rheostats, starters, controls

Employer

Name: Corelle Brands LLC
Location: 100 8th Street, CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, 15022
NAICS: 453998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electric forklift in the facility and backed into a control box. The employee's right index finger was caught between the forklift's overhead support and the control box resulting in amputation to the second knuckle.

Source

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