Amputations

Name: Amputations at Boyer's Food Markets, Inc.
Start: 12/26/2018

1 amputation · 20181213183 · 12/26/2018 · Boyer's Food Markets, 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: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name: Boyer's Food Markets, Inc.
Location: 600 West Center Street, SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA, 17976
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a delivery driver were trying to right an electric pallet jack that had fallen to the ground. The employee's right ring finger was caught between a moving part and a fixed part of the pallet jack, causing an amputation at the first knuckle.

Source

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