Amputations

Name: Amputations at MID-AMERICA TRUCK CORPORATION
Start: 7/12/2019

1 amputation · 2019077065 · 7/12/2019 · MID-AMERICA TRUCK CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Delivery truck or van

Employer

Name: MID-AMERICA TRUCK CORPORATION
Location: 1807 N. Bloomington St., STREATOR, ILLINOIS, 61364
NAICS: 336212
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was installing a ramp into the body of a box truck. When the ramp was pushed into the body of the truck, his left thumb was pinched between the ramp and the cross members of the box truck. The thumb was amputated from the middle of the nail.

Source

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