Amputations

Name: Amputations at Curry Supply Company
Start: 4/12/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021043030 · 4/12/2021 · Curry Supply Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
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: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: Curry Supply Company
Location: 1624 Curryville Road, MARTINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16662
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was backing up a forklift. The employee's left thumb was caught between the forklift's overhead guard and a partially fabricated tank made of thin-gauge steel. The thumb tip was amputated.

Source

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