Amputations

Name: Amputations at Fedex Express
Start: 1/28/2019

1 amputation · 2019010997 · 1/28/2019 · Fedex Express

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 regular operation
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Fedex Express
Location: 2001 W Howard Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading boxes from a conveyor belt when his left hand contacted the belt while it was moving and was then caught under the conveyor plate, resulting in the partial amputation of two left-hand fingers.

Source

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