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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2020087994 · 8/23/2020 · UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Posts, bollards, moorings

Employer

Name
UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE
Location
18728 Fm 1472 Mines Road, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
NAICS
493120
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving two cargo airbags for loading a truck. While driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) down the dock, the PIT collided with a bollard by a door. The employee sustained a left thumb amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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