Amputations

Name: Amputations at WALMART-STORE #839
Start: 1/3/2020

1 amputation · 2020010075 · 1/3/2020 · WALMART-STORE #839

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: WALMART-STORE #839
Location: 9350 CORTANA PLACE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
NAICS: 452112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reattaching a customer's tire to the rim using a tire mounting machine. His right little finger was caught between the rim and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

Source

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