Amputations

Name: Amputations at Mattress Firm, Inc.
Start: 3/11/2020

1 amputation · 2020032335 · 3/11/2020 · Mattress Firm, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: Mattress Firm, Inc.
Location: 15872 Diplomatic Plaza Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
NAICS: 423210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tipping plastic recyclable materials from a rolling cart into a dumpster when their right middle finger was caught between the cart and the dumpster. The distal end of the finger was amputated.

Source

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