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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021043573 · 4/30/2021 · Atwood Distributing LP

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source
Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Atwood Distributing LP
Location
333 Red Powell Dr., DERBY, KANSAS, 67037
NAICS
444130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when the pallet jack jumped backward, smashing her thumb between the pallet jack and a cardboard bailer. The employee suffered a crushing injury to her left thumb and a possible amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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