Amputations

Name: Amputations at BASS PRO SHOPS
Start: 2/25/2021

1 amputation · 2021021730 · 2/25/2021 · BASS PRO SHOPS

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: BASS PRO SHOPS
Location: 1275 N Golden, CLINTON, MISSOURI, 64735
NAICS: 336612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift when the chain that operated the forks' raising mechanism snapped off the pulley. As the employee adjusted the chain his right hand fingers were caught in the chain resulting in amputation of two fingertips.

Source

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