Amputations

Name: Amputations at U.S. Postal Service
Start: 7/10/2019

1 amputation · 2019076974 · 7/10/2019 · U.S. Postal Service

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: U.S. Postal Service
Location: 11600 Irving Park Rd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On July 10, 2019, an employee pressed the button to raise a dock plate, but the dock plate did not lift all the way on the left side. He went to raise it by hand and it fell, pinching his left hand between the plate and the dock resulting in amputation of the ring fingertip.

Source

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