Amputations

Name: Amputations at Latham Pool Products, Inc.
Start: 3/8/2019

1 amputation · 2019032511 · 3/8/2019 · Latham Pool Products, 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 during regular operation
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Latham Pool Products, Inc.
Location: 10600 West I-20 East, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79765
NAICS: 339920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was being lowered on a forklift man basket when the hydraulic mechanism of the forklift pinched the employee's right pinky finger, amputating it at the top knuckle.

Source

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