Amputations

Name: Amputations at CVS Health
Start: 3/28/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019033222 · 3/28/2019 · CVS Health

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Structural elements, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: CVS Health
Location: 150 Industrial Dr., SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, 02917
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a reach truck (stand up forklift)and struck a metal support beam. Her left leg was caught between the operator's cabin of the reach truck and the beam, causing a compound fracture that later required removal of the leg below the knee.

Source

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