Amputations

Name: Amputations at Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
Start: 1/11/2020

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020010309 · 1/11/2020 · Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cabinets, cases-display, storage

Employer

Name: Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
Location: 2401 Enterprise Road, ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA, 32763
NAICS: 444130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transferring a safe with a hand truck. While tilting the hand truck backwards, the safe door opened and fell backwards causing her left middle finger to be caught between the door and side of the safe. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Source

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