Amputations

Name: Amputations at UPS
Start: 12/21/2020

1 amputation · 20201211889 · 12/21/2020 · UPS

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: Conveyors-live roller

Employer

Name: UPS
Location: 3560 S. Dixie Dr., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving packages across a roller conveyor system when his finger was pinched between the rollers and the package he was handling. This resulted in partial amputation of his right middle finger.

Source

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