Amputations

Name: Amputations at GFL Environmental
Start: 6/30/2020

1 amputation · 2020066100 · 6/30/2020 · GFL Environmental

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Employer

Name: GFL Environmental
Location: 2477 Cedar Brook Dr., CONYERS, GEORGIA, 30012
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was emptying trash containers in the back of a compactor truck when his hand was contacted by the compactor blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the distal phalanx of his left middle finger.

Source

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