Amputations

Name: Amputations at Valiant Integrated Services
Start: 1/24/2019

1 amputation · 2019010884 · 1/24/2019 · Valiant Integrated Services

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Vehicle, unspecified

Employer

Name: Valiant Integrated Services
Location: 2180 11th Street, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
NAICS: 561210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift driver position the forks behind a vehicle to be picked up. The forks were raised, and the employee's right thumb was crushed between them and the vehicle.

Source

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