Amputations

Name: Amputations at Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.
Start: 9/3/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019099135 · 9/3/2019 · Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.

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: Posts, bollards, moorings

Employer

Name: Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.
Location: 3441 South Memorial Drive, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53403
NAICS: 339999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, delivering a gaylord container of scrap metal to a recycling dumpster. The employee's left foot and leg were crushed between the forklift and a bollard that protects a concrete wall. This resulted in amputation of the leg below the knee.

Source

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