Amputations

Name: Amputations at Associated Terminals
Start: 12/28/2018

1 amputation · 20181213250 · 12/28/2018 · Associated Terminals

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
Source: Water vehicle, unspecified
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Associated Terminals
Location: 9100 Safety Drive St., CONVENT, LOUISIANA, 70723
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was handling a chain binder that was positioned between the gap of two deck plates inside the hold of a ship. The fourth distal phalange was pinched between the blade of a forklift and the chain binder that was being held causing an amputation injury.

Source

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