Amputations

Name: Amputations at Guardian Storage Development Inc.
Start: 1/10/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019010293 · 1/10/2019 · Guardian Storage Development Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
Source: Automobile
Secondary source: Posts, bollards, moorings

Employer

Name: Guardian Storage Development Inc.
Location: Guardin Storage Fox Chapel, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15238
NAICS: 531130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting a customer to unload their electronic recycling items from the trunk of their car. The customer's foot slipped and put the car into reverse slamming into the employee and pinning him against a utility cart and bollard pole. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the leg which lead to surgery and leg amputation.

Source

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