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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020021631 · 2/19/2020 · Southern Glazer's Wine and Spriits

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
Secondary source
Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name
Southern Glazer's Wine and Spriits
Location
6201 Stillwell Street, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64120
NAICS
424820
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a mobile trash tote to take garbage to the dumpster. The employee was propping the mobile tote between the dock and the dumpster when the mobile tote began to slip and caught the employee's left middle finger between the tote and the dumpster. As a result, the employee's left middle finger was partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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