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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20201111147 · 11/25/2020 · Kroger # 117

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
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Kroger # 117
Location
24350 Kuykendahl, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375
NAICS
445110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While discarding cardboard into a baler, an employee was holding the security door with their right hand and disengaged it from the locked position. While pushing cardboard into the baler with his left hand, his right hand slipped off the security door. The door slammed down and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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