Amputations

Name: Amputations at Valley Waste Service
Start: 8/2/2019

1 amputation · 2019087882 · 8/2/2019 · Valley Waste Service

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: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name: Valley Waste Service
Location: 101 Mercer Avenue, NEW BRIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15066
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hooking the latch from a truck to a dumpster. The truck's lifting lever was engaged, and the employee suffered a partial thumb amputation in the pinch point.

Source

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