Amputations

Name: Amputations at QVC, Incorporated
Start: 12/12/2018

1 amputation · 20181212729 · 12/12/2018 · QVC, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name: QVC, Incorporated
Location: 1000 Stony Battery Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
NAICS: 454113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a conveyor line. While performing the repair, the conveyor line started and the employee's thumb was caught in the chain and sprocket causing a partial amputation of his thumb.

Source

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