Amputations

Name: Amputations at Target Distribution Center
Start: 10/1/2019

1 amputation · 20191010284 · 10/1/2019 · Target Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
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: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Target Distribution Center
Location: 4502 Old Union Road, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was training on how to operate a forklift. The employee's finger was caught and crushed against a fixed metal rack. It was later surgically amputated.

Source

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